It is Fat Bear Week in Alaska. The popular competition lets anyone vote on which of the animals is most prepared for winter. nyti.ms/3IBbucx

JUST HOW MANY SPECIES DO NON-SELECTIVE FISHERIES HARM? Join us LIVE 24 Sep 9am (EST) with @reversethered.bsky.social as we explore how non-selective fishing practices represent a critical threat to marine #biodiversity. Register www.reversethered.org/events/just-... 📸S. Foster / Project Seahorse

Latest government stats show a continued decline in many bird species across the UK 🪶🧪 www.gov.uk/government/s... These data are made possible by the dedication of expert volunteers, allowing us to track common bird populations for >50 years

I have a gazillion photos of the yellow-footed rock-wallabies at Boolcoomatta. Here's one to start with. It was amazing to spend time with them. I love their stripey tails.

Jaguars rely on connected habitats across the Americas. Facing habitat loss, fragmentation, and illegal killing & trade, protection needs cross border coordination. 🐆 Today in MX the CITES+CMS Jaguar Range States meeting unites governments & communities: www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/planeta/jagu...

Tonight, at WCS's Central Park Zoo, we joined with partners to give the Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize to ethnologist and anthropologist Martín von Hildebrand. His work “exemplifies the vision and courage needed to secure the future of the Amazon and the people who depend on it,” said WCS's Joe Walston. 🌎

Brazil's Minister @marinasilvaoficial.bsky.social is a champion for nature and people. Tonight, we awarded her the WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation Award. “It is an exceptional opportunity for WCS to bestow this honor on a true lifelong leader,” said WCS's Adam Falk. 🌎 bit.ly/3IyFaqO

A single abandoned net is estimated to kill an average of 500,000 marine invertebrates ( crabs and shrimp), 1,700 fish and 4 seabirds 30,000 sq miles of purse seine nets and gillnets 215 sq km of bottom trawl nets 46,000 miles of main long lines www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rainbow over Adventure Bay, Bruny Island Tasmania #birds #wildlife

“Antiscience has gone beyond U.S. borders to Europe, Australia, and Africa. Defeating it will require unprecedented commitment and international cooperation, not only between scientific organizations, but also their host governments.” 🧪 #Disinformation #AntiScience time.com/7317436/scie...

For the recent coral reef science arrivals, here are two starter packs so you can find your people! If you want to be added, please let me know. I have been adding people as they come through my feed. go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H go.bsky.app/QSafBeL 🌎🌊🧪🌐🐟🪸🐙🌿

🦉 Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds New York: Appleton, 1900. [Source]

Blue waxbill--Southern cordonbleu in Kruger National Park. #birds

Many things are terrible, but try the slider on this map to see how much the share of electricity generated by solar has changed in recent years #climate #energy

For the #uruguaysub200 scientists hoping to document abundant wildlife in their deep waters, this small coral offers a message on a bottle, telling a larger story about life on the seafloor, 2,341 meters beneath the surface. 🎥 ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

Very clever. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Planetary biosecurity, cont'd. Given the impending sample returns from Mars, my colleagues & I called for invasion science to be applied to planetary protection protocols, to limit risks of forward & back contamination during space missions. Read our article here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Planetary biosecurity, revisited. www.scientificamerican.com/article/bact...

Quote: "biodiversity is biosecurity... there exists no personal, regional, or national security without species richness." Interesting philosophical views in this article. I would have emphasized *co-evolved* species richness, b/c evolutionary history matters. www.kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/b...

Many of New Zealand's unique birds are heading toward extinction. So the country is taking on an ambitious conservation project: eradicating the invasive species that prey on them.

How can interactions among non-native species raise the invasion rate of an ecosystem? What affect could more invaders have on the frequency of synergistic impacts? Consider an alternative to the classical biotic resistance hypothesis: invasional meltdown redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Ri...

Quote: "By studying these cases of introduction of large herbivorous mammals - such as deer, horses or buffalo - outside their native range, we have found that these actions, despite the best of intentions, often cause more harm than good to local biodiversity.’" www.myscience.ch/en/news/2025...

Inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions. Katus shortfall- the unknown loss of biodiversity past, present and future is broader than ‘dark extinction’- species becoming extinct before being formally described nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#DYK? The short beaked echidna is one of the few mammals that lays eggs instead of bearing live young. This species is also unusually long-lived, with individuals surviving up to 50 years in captivity. This spiky critter can weigh ~15.4 lbs (7 kg). Photo: Michael Hains, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

#BREAKINGNEWS 🦇🌍 The world now has 1,500 recognized bat species! 🎉 The global list at www.batnames.org just hit this milestone. New bats are found through fieldwork in remote places & genetic discoveries. Amazing biodiversity news! #Bats #Biodiversity #BatsNeedFriends

Actus Mer/Sea News: Turn down the volume: New IUCN guide helps navigate seismic survey impacts on marine species -… http://dlvr.it/MBPv0S

Yesterday, we reported on the IUCN Red List's first update of the year and some of the small mammal Red List assessments it included. Today, we are highlighting four Green Status of Species assessments also included in this latest update 🦫👉 small-mammals.org/2025/03/28/g...

I know things are bad right now and everything is going to get worse, probably faster than you think, but never forget that the Masked Palm Civets are listed as a Species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Masked Palm Civets are doing just fine

The scimitar-horned oryx, a member of the antelope family, had stopped existing in its native habitat as of 1991, according to the IUCN. They really only remained in zoos. They now have gone from “extinct in the wild” to “endangered” due to the efforts of St. Louis Zoo. phys.org/news/2024-01...

#RodentOfTheDay Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) "Endangered – Endangered Species Act (1980) Endangered – California Endangered Species Act (1987) Endangered – IUCN Red List (2008)" Still endangered in 2025 Info and photo from Los Padres Forest Watch: lpfw.org/our-region/w...

Es gibt einen europäischen Hamster und er ist kurz vor dem Aussterben: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/09/world/iucn-red-list-july-2020-spc-int/index.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=@tibor

Did you know that #InvasiveAlienSpecies are major drivers of biodiversity loss and species extinction on a global scale❓ 🤓 Head to IUCN and learn more about this topic: iucn.org/news/species... #IAS #Bioinvasions #EICAT @eualiens.bsky.social

TheBrown Hyena(Parahyaena Brunnea) is the rarest species of Hyena. The IUCN estimates the global population to be between 4000 to 10000 individuals. The largest remaining population is located in the southernKalahari Desert& coastal areas in Southwest Africa. #animals Source: ExoticShock

They're a 'phylogenetic orphan': likely the only South American canid to survive the Pleistocene extinction 13,000 years ago. And their numbers are dwindling, with only 17000 adults remaining. It earned the nickname "skunk wolf" for the cannabis-like smell of its scent marking. (📷: J Wilkins)

A new project led by IUCN aims to transform how wildlife trade is monitored and managed 🦏🌳 The Oxford team including @danchallender.bsky.social @orchiddelirium.bsky.social will contribute to new frameworks and indicators, & take these to policymakers to support their adoption 👇 bit.ly/4ikBrdB

Get Involved: Interested in contributing to shark and ray conservation? Find out how to become a member of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. Have additional questions? See more in our FAQs page (www.iucnssg.org/faq.html) #shark #ray #chimaera #conservation #ocean #WeAreSSC

We at Monkeywire do our best to follow IUCN @peopleprimate.bsky.social guidelines & avoid sharing pics of humans with other primates, as they promote the illusion that these endangered animals are abundant and desireable pets. Good intentions and context usually don't matter. Case in point: 1/3

O #tuco-tuco-do-lami parece uma marmota, mas é parente da #capivara. Faz parte da família dos tuco-tucos, #roedores q vivem em galerias subterrâneas e são encontrados na América do Sul, como no Brasil, no #Pampa gaúcho. Ameaçado pela #urbanização, é classificado como #vulnerável na #redlist da #IUCN

Seven species to tell the story of freshwater conservation! Dive into the hidden world of freshwater wildlife with the stories of seven species from across the Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment, published in Nature by the IUCN today. www.synchronicityearth.org/seven-specie... 🧵 👇

PLEASE,urge @CITES @UNESCO @IUCN & @NOAAFisheries to ensure #Mexico does what it takes to prevent their #extinction. #ProtectWildlife & #SaveTheVaquita! Sign👇  www.idausa.org/campaign/cet... #IllegalFishing #Seaspiracy #GoVegan #Rewilding #SaveOurOceans #SaveOurSeas #Porpoise #ShameOnChina

The formal IUCN definition of rewilding is in the paper and also a set of 10 guiding principles. We're currently working on writing the IUCN Rewilding Guidelines. I see you mention Knepp. You might be interested in my review of their latest book. See: www.ecos.org.uk/book-review-...

When Artificial Intelligence spots the Monk Seal - @IUCN http://bit.ly/2Unu9OR

In his recent rant, Russell Coutts said "The Hector's dolphin is not an endangered species as Otago university professor Liz Slooten recently claimed. That was a lie." But it's Coutts that is lying. Hector's Dolphin is endangered according to the IUCN Red List. Coutts owes Prof. Slooten an apology.

The Philippine pangolin was only recognized as a distinct species from the Sunda pangolin in 1998. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is restricted to the island province of Palawan. 🌍🧪 1/

The Yucatan brown brocket is a small species of deer native to Central America. IUCN status: Vulnerable

A love❤️‍🔥 story #ClimateWarriorEarthDayList #Nature #Animals #Europe 😊The return of the European bison www.cnn.com/science/gall... The IUCN classified the species as endangered in 1996 but, in response to the impressive population recovery, updated their status to near threatened in 2020...

🎉Bat Conservation Win 🎉 Livingstone’s fruit bat (𝘗𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘪) has been officially downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered by the IUCN!

Quietly does it! They're smart, they knew I was there, but a calm wait in the rain and a view across the canopy paid off. Incredibly blessed to have seen Red-Shanked Douc so close, Central Vietnam. Despite some protections, the Douc has gone from IUCN endangered to critically endangered status.

A master of hide and seek 👀 Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN red list, the Cotton Top Tamarin's forest habitat is under threat from deforestation, with the Tamarin's treetop lifestyle necessary for protection from their natural predators 📸: Matt Rimmer