Cerrado | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund This savanna is habitat for about 200 species of mammals, 860 species of birds, 180 species of reptiles, 150 species of amphibians, 1,200 species of fish, and 90 million species of insects Giant anteaters and armadillos are among its 60 vulnerable animal species, 12 of which are critically endangered
What are the biggest threats to Wildlife and Why? - India The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that 27,000 species of the ones assessed are at risk of extinction Expanding to all existing species, a 2019 UN report on biodiversity put this estimate even higher at a million species
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Established in 1964, The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity
“Invasive species” has a harmful nativist bias - Vox British ecologist Charles Elton drew attention to non-native species in his 1958 book The Ecology of Invasion by Animals and Plants, arguing that there is a place, or niche, for every species on
Record fisheries and aquaculture production makes critical . . . The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) says the growth of aquaculture, particularly in Asia, lifted total production of fisheries and aquaculture to an all-time high of 214 million tonnes in 2020, comprising 178 million tonnes of aquatic animals and 36 million tonnes of algae
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World’s Biggest Dinosaurs | Britannica There is only one known species, D schrani Patagotitan mayorum, the Titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum may have been the world’s largest terrestrial animal of all time, based on size estimates made after considering a haul of fossilized bones attributed to the species The collection included a femur (thighbone) that measured 2 4 meters (8