Komodo

Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia’s Komodo dragons were listed as “endangered" on Saturday, in an update of the wildlife Red List that also warned overfishing threatens nearly two-in-five sharks with…

Issued on: 04/09/2021 - 15:03Modified: 04/09/2021 - 15:06 Nearly 30 percent of the 138,374 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for its…

"AN ALARMING RATE" The most comprehensive survey of sharks and rays ever undertaken, meanwhile, revealed that 37 per cent of 1,200 species evaluated are now classified as directly threatened with extinction, falling into one of three…