Bees and bumblebees : the threat of extinction.
by Lewis, 11 April, 2015, 10 comments
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publishes the Red List. It is a list of species that are under threat in different parts of the world; it goes back to 1964 when it published the ‘list of threatened plants’. By 2012, the IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species and reported on their status in the following terms:
Extinct (EX) – No known individuals remaining.
Extinct in the wild (EW) – Known only to survive in captivity, or as a naturalised population outside its historic range. Read more...
