Iucn Red List

biodiversity-conservation

The Blue Spix Macaw is extinct in the wild and survives only in captivity. Officially categorized as Extinct in the Wild by the IUCN Red List, the species persists through a man...

Science & Conservation

When a species is described as endangered, it is at high risk of extinction across all or a significant part of its range. This status reflects population declines driven by hab...

animals

When people ask which animals are endangered, they are often referring to species at high risk of extinction in the wild. In formal conservation language, ‘endangered’ has a...

Guides And Explainers

Based on current assessments from the IUCN Red List and other scientific evaluations, it is unlikely that many animals will become definitively extinct by 2025. However, numerou...

biodiversity-conservation

Animals close to extinction are those at elevated risk of disappearing from the wild or in captivity. Scientists and conservation bodies use categories such as Critically Endang...

Birds & Biodiversity

No toucan species is currently classified as globally Endangered on the IUCN Red List, but several are Near Threatened or face localized declines. The safest status for most lar...

Environment

Turtles in extinction are species that have vanished from the wild or now survive only in captivity, reflecting the end of breeding populations and functional extinction in thei...

biodiversity

When conservation authorities and scientists declare a species extinct, they state that there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, based on exhaustive surve...

bird-conservation

When a bird is declared extinct and later found alive, the story usually follows a predictable arc: exhaustive surveys, cautious reclassification, and careful verification befor...