International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List

Image above: Great Auk (Canadian Museum of Nature collection)

The past twelve months have seen 914 species added to the threatened list by the world's authority of species endangerment, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List. See http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0616-hance_iucn_redlist_2011.html