The 112th IUCN Council Meeting takes place in the historic colonial city of La Antigua Guatemala, from 28 to 30 January 2025.

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Produced by oysters in oceans or mussels in rivers, pearls have been coveted by humans since the Bronze Age. So much so that it is believed the exploitation of freshwater pearls was a factor in the ...

A new study looking at some of the denizens of freshwater habitats offers a stark illustration of ... on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Sayer heads the freshwater biodiversity unit at the ...

and Co-President of the Small Carnivore Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Journalists from five countries, coordinated by Mongabay Latam, chose five ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s three-step plan for 2025 is an initiative that presents an opportunity for the entire ...

but are now considered a species of “least concern” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Their natural industry has put Canada’s national animal on every ...

The complex, diverse ecosystem created by European reef-building oysters has collapsed, according to the recent assessment we submitted to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ...

In 2009, the International Union for Conservation of Nature called on world governments to pass rules to ensure the fishing industry better protects sharks. Shark finning — where a shark's fin ...