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Appears in 5 stories · Last updated Nov 5, 2026
Lists the Bangka slow loris as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
For nearly nine decades, the Bangka slow loris existed in science as a handful of museum specimens and an open question. A rescue center on Bangka Island has now documented more than 90 of the animals since 2015, turning a presumed extinction into a conservation problem.
Updated 3 hours ago
Co-produces the Protected Planet Report
In April 2026, the world crossed a milestone: 10.01% of the ocean now sits in protected and conserved areas. A September report from Together for the Ocean found only 3.5% is effectively protected, meaning harmful activities are banned or limited and rules are enforced.
Updated Oct 26
As of September 2026: Currently lists gentoos as a single 'Least Concern' species
Gentoo penguins have counted as one species since 1781. A genomic study published in spring 2026 splits them into four, including a previously overlooked species on the remote Kerguelen Islands — the first new penguin named in more than a century.
Updated Sep 22
As of September 2026: Declared the species extinct in the wild in 1998
The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the cliff cypress extinct in the wild in 1998. Twenty-eight years later, roughly 10,000 mature trees grow in China's Daba Mountains, and about 70% of them are in Chongqing.
Updated Sep 7
As of May 2026: Tracking 172,620 species through Red List assessments
Cranes returned to Scotland in 2012 for the first time in 500 years; wolves number over 21,500 in Europe, up 58% in a decade; green sea turtles dropped from endangered to least concern. Across the continent, species once written off are staging comebacks.
Updated May 20
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