Tag: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 12:28 UTC

  Magellanic penguins rookery discovered in Tierra del Fuego remote island

  

  Just in time for Penguin Awareness Day on January 20th, WCS researchers announced the discovery of a new colony of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on a remote island in Argentina.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 16:32 UTC

  Chile trying to recover the country's national animal, the shy Huemul deer

  

  Scientists seeking to increase the dwindling population of Chile’s national animal, the shy Huemul deer, have released their first captive-bred pair into the wild in a pivotal step in the drive to save the endangered species from extinction.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 08:47 UTC

  Earth in new period of extinction: vertebrates, including humans, among first casualties

  

  The Earth has entered a new period of extinction, a study by three US universities has concluded, and humans could be among the first casualties. The report, led by the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley, said vertebrates were disappearing at a rate 114 times faster than normal.