IUCN Red List

The population of Lertha extensa, an endangered insect species found primarily in the east of the Southeastern Anatolia region and in select areas of Iraq, Iran and Armenia, has seen a notable increase.

The species, featured on commemorative coins in Russia due to its endangered status, has become a subject of scientific interest and conservation efforts.

Over a fifth of the 11,500 endangered animal, plant and fungi species in Greece are "critically endangered," meaning they are under threat of extinction, a new assessment of the country's Red List has found.

It’s fascinating to witness a hundred-year-old technology come back from near extinction

Extreme climate conditions mean that giant sequoias are registered as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature

An endangered weasel has been released back into its natural habitat after being treated by locals in Turkey's eastern province of Siirt.

Believed to have been hungry and fallen exhausted due to heavy snowfall in the region a while ago, the weasel was found by Nureddin Yeşilfidan, a villager living in the province's Baykan district.

Within the scope of a two-year project, the Environment and Urbanization Ministry will implant chips in some 500 endangered reptiles to monitor them from second to second through the satellite.

Civil unrest and military exercises pose heightened risks to more than 200 threatened species, including elephant populations and the critically endangered Eastern gorilla, conservationists have warned.

Mankind's destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an "unprecedented" rate, the leading wildlife conservation body warned July 18 as it added more than 7,000 animals, fish and plants to its endangered "Red List."

A lynx, a wild cat in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, has been photographed in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli.