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How the Red-Eared Slider Became India's Most Damaging Invasive Turtle

A Pet Shop Animal With a Predator's AppetiteThe red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, is native to the Mississippi River basin in the United States. It gets its name from the vivid red stripe behind each eye. In a tank, it is docile, long-lived, and cheap. In the wild, it is…

Times Life · 12h ago

Why Yorkshire Wildlife Park Chose Not to Euthanize the Endangered Tiger That Killed a Visitor

A man died after entering the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Oct. 10. Altai, the Amur tiger, will not be euthanized. Here's what we know.

Latin Times · Oct 13

Yorkshire Wildlife Park Tiger Altai 'Will Not Be Euthanised' After Mauling Man to Death Inside Enclosure

Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger Altai will live on after Saturday's attack, so learn why he came from Norway and how Hamerton Zoo spared its own tiger in 2017.

International Business Times UK · Oct 12

Elephant conservation may be undermined by Twitter users who overlook main threats

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) are all highly threatened species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict as threats common to the species.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2022

The Royal Commission for AlUla Participates in IUCN’s Leaders Forum in South Korea

The Royal Commission for AlUla is participating in the leaders forum for the International Union for Conservation of Nature in the South Korean island of Jeju. The two-day IUCN Leaders Summit that kicked off on Thursday will discuss mechanisms for conserving biodiversity, restoring natural habitats, and discussing ways of cooperation…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 14, 2022

Commentary: What does coconut milk have to do with endangered monkeys?

Grocery shoppers may not realize that what they put in their carts can have far-reaching consequences. Case in point: Northern and southern pigtailed macaques are considered globally threatened with decreasing populations, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature just recently reclassified southern pigtailed macaques as “endangered.” What can that…

Tribune News Service · Sep 8, 2022

Commentary: The parallel struggles of human and monarch migration

In July, the monarch butterfly was added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to its red list of threatened species, a recognition that the insect’s continuing decline could lead to extinction. Though the monarch population increased 35% from December 2020 to December 2021, its numbers overall have been…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 24, 2022

South Florida’s monarch population is an ‘unusual beast.’ Some butterflies are endangered, but these plan to hang around

Jackie Minett is a tour guide at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida, dubbed the “butterfly capital of the world.” She leads children and seniors, some tourists, some Floridians, around the gardens to gawk at butterflies: zebra longwings, emperor butterflies, and, most recognizable of all, monarchs.

Tribune News Service · Aug 11, 2022

Monarch butterfly is now an endangered species

The International Union for Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch to its "red list" for the first time.

Axios · Jul 21, 2022

The Guardian view on controlling grey squirrels: a question of balance

Editorial: New methods for tackling their spread hold out hope for more humane management of habitats

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022