Photo credit: Laurent Tatin
The Crau Plain Grasshopper, Prionotropis hystrix rhodanica, has not yet been evaluated for the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. However, it has a provisional assessment of ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Crau Plain Grasshopper
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., bugs, Conservation, Crau Plain Grasshopper, critically endangered, critically endangered insects, Culture, Current Events, Education, Endangered Species, entomology, Environment, Extinction, flightless grasshoppers, France, grasshopper research, grasshoppers, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, industrial development, insects, killing, La Crau, landscape conversion, Nature, News, poaching, population ecology, Prionotropis hystrix rhodanica, Society, southern France, translocation project, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, [ on September 5, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Blue River Crab
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., Blue River Crab, Community, Conservation, Crabs, Current Events, Education, endangered crabs, endangered invertebrates, Endangered Species, endemic crabs, endemic invertebrates, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, habitat encroachment, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, illegal, killing, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, Mapelane Nature Reserve, Mkuze Game Reserve, Nature, poaching, Potamonautes lividus, Society, South Africa, spongy peat, stop poaching, swamp forests, terrestrial crabs, wetlands, wetlands drainage, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on August 4, 2011 by Bush Warriors
Photo credit: Neil Cumberidge
The Blue River Crab, Potamonautes lividus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Asian Elephant
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Asia, Asian Elephants, CITES, Conservation, crop damage, crop raiding, Current Events, deforestation, Education, elephant, Elephant Corridors, elephant crop damage, Elephants, Elephas maxmius, Endangered Species, Environment, Ethics, Extinction, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, Human-Wildlife Conflict, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Ivory Trade, India, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Ivory, Ivory Trade, Nature, poaching, stop poaching, Tusks, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation blog on July 20, 2011 by Bush Warriors
Photo credit: Goldy Rajiv Santhoji
The Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. It is found in isolated populations in 13 tropical Asian countries. The Asian Elephant is smaller than its African savannah relative; the ears are smaller and the back is more rounded.
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