The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now both Endangered, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of species recovery and calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s aquatic ...

Learn how the IUCN added emperor penguins to the Red List as climate change drives sea ice loss and could cut their population in half by 2080.

One of the Antarctic’s most well-known and beloved animals is at the brink of extinction, and environmentalists are calling ...

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published today in Oryx, warns that over 40% of more than 8,500 soil ...

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Alipay Ant Forest and IUCN are ...

Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals have appeared in movies and tv specials. They’re now both on the verge of extinction ...

The emperor penguin has been reclassified from near threatened to endangered on the IUCN Red List after satellite data showed ...

With their numbers rapidly declining, scientists say emperor penguin extinction risk is growing and by the end of the century ...

The Red List of Threatened Species, which was updated by the IUCN on Thursday, now includes the Emperor penguin and Antarctic ...