The North Atlantic right whale is the face of an extinction crisis, report says An international group of scientists said more than a quarter of plants and animals worldwide are threatened The status update comes just weeks after another right whale was discovered dead off the coast of Elberon, New Jersey, on 25 June. WASHINGTON, July 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly-released listings published today on the IUCN Red List (International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species) make it official that the North Atlantic right whale (NARW) has joined a growing list of animals on the brink of extinction and is now officially classified as 'Critically Endangered.' The North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) has also been moved from endangered to critically endangered.
"Its extinction is entirely preventable. As the IUCN Assessment notes, some 83 percent of the individuals that make up the right whale population have been entangled at least once." North Atlantic Right Whale one step from extinction. The North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) has been moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. PR Newswire. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said it is moving the North Atlantic right whale from “endangered” to “critically endangered” on its Red List of jeopardized species. Established in 1964, the IUCN 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. Fewer than 250 mature individuals were estimated to be alive at the end of 2018, the total population having declined by approximately 15% since 2011.
The IUCN Red List has today surpassed 120,000 species, with 120,372 species now assessed. Of these, 32,441 are threatened with extinction. With the recent listing by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) of the North Atlantic right whale on the Red List of the animal species on the brink extinction, the right whale of the North Atlantic has yet again been recognized for the critical condition of the population.. The list has surpassed 120,000 species, with 120,372 species now assessed. The Switzerland-based organization’s Red List is one of the most-cited endangered species lists in the world. Fewer than 250 mature individuals were estimated to be alive at the end of 2018, the total population having declined by approximately 15% since 2011. The situation for lemurs … North Atlantic right whales, European hamsters and one- third of the lemurs in Madagascar are now considered critically endangered as per International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. According to PEER, 100% of North Atlantic right whale fatalities are caused by boats striking them and by entanglements in fishing gear. The North Atlantic right whale is just “one step from extinction,” according to a new report that classifies the species as critically endangered. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced today that it is changing the status of the North Atlantic right whale from “endangered” to “critically endangered” on its Red List of Threatened Species, recognizing that the species faces an extremely high risk of extinction.
This is because birth rates among both the North Atlantic right whales and European hamsters are dropping.
A North Atlantic right whale swims with a fishing net tangled around her head December 30, 2010 off the coast off Daytona Beach, Florida. WASHINGTON, July 9, 2020 The North Atlantic right whale is now just one step away from extinction. North Atlantic right whale officially classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN.
Overall, more than 32,000 of the species on the red list are … This update also reveals that the North Atlantic Right Whale and the European Hamster are now both Critically Endangered. The North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) has been moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. "The North Atlantic right whale is the world's first large whale species nearing extinction," said PEER science policy director Kyla Bennett.