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New faces for 2010 - over 1,000 new species added to ARKive

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

As part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, ARKive has launched its 'Most Wanted' challenge – to track down imagery of the world's most endangered plants and animals.

Primates in peril

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Many of our closest living relatives – the world's apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are facing the imminent threat of extinction, according to a new report released today.

Sir David Attenborough launches ARKive's 'Most Wanted' 2010 Challenge

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Wildscreen patron Sir David Attenborough yesterday unveiled ARKive's 'Most Wanted' 2010 challenge - to track down films and photos of 17,000 of the world’s most endangered plants and animals.

Sir David Attenborough launches ARKive's 'Most Wanted' 2010 Challenge

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Wildscreen patron Sir David Attenborough yesterday unveiled ARKive's 'Most Wanted' 2010 challenge - to track down films and photos of 17,000 of the world’s most endangered plants and animals.

365 days of biodiversity

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:30:00 GMT

As part of the International Year of Biodiversity, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched the IUCN Red List ‘Species of the Day’. ARKive is delighted to be supporting this fantastic project through the contribution of imagery and authoring of species information, and will be linking to the ‘Species of the Day’ on the ARKive homepage throughout 2010.

Season’s Greetings from ARKive

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:00 GMT

This holiday season ARKive goes to the movies, putting an animal twist to some of our favourite Christmas classics. Inspired by the traditional festive films that fill our TV screens at this time of year, we’ve come up with twelve alternative Christmas blockbusters, featuring some of the world’s most threatened species.

IUCN releases climate change hit list

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:01:00 GMT

With the eyes of the world focused on Copenhagen for the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), the IUCN has released a timely report profiling the species-level impacts of global warming. Focusing on ten climate change flagship species, including the Arctic fox, beluga whale, clownfish, quiver tree, ringed seal, salmon, and staghorn corals, the report highlights the adverse impacts of climate change on different regions of the world, from the tropics to the poles.

ARKive dives deeper for digital imagery

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:15:00 GMT

ARKive is calling on the global diving community to help in the ongoing search for films and photographs of the world’s most endangered marine species.

Do you have what it takes to be an ARKive CSI (Critter Scene Investigator)?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Do you have what it takes to be an ARKive CSI? Why not test your faunal forensic skills and see if you can identify the creature behind each of our critter clues. When you think you've cracked the case, click on each image to reveal the culprit.

I'm a Celebrity... Get me a Kea!

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Attenborough, Fry, Strachan… these are just some of the famous fans of ARKive that have contributed to MyARKive’s brand new ‘Celebrity Scrapbook’ feature. Be one of the first to view a collection of ARKive films and photographs selected by some of the world’s most well-known wildlife TV presenters by clicking on the pictures below, and discover which furry critter left Stephen Fry weak at the knees, and why Chris Packham spent eight hours outside a ladies toilet.

Competition launched to celebrate Abu Dhabi wildlife

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

As part of Wildscreen’s unique partnership with the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi we are launching an exciting new competition to celebrate the rich biodiversity found within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

ARKive celebrates the work of Darwin

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

On July 1st 1858, two scientific papers on a similar subject were read to the Linnaean Society in London’s Piccadilly Circus. At the time, the papers by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace, who were both absent from the proceedings, received remarkably little acclaim. Nonetheless, in laying the foundations for the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection and the subsequent rise of modern evolutionary theory, the event is recognised as one of the pivotal moments in the history of science.

ARKive & You

Wed, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT

With over 4.5 million web visits already this year from over 220 countries, the ARKive project is building a considerable worldwide following. We’d therefore like to dedicate this latest ARKive enews to you, the ARKive user. Keep on reading to see how you can participate in this global project – tell us what you think of the ARKive website, how you would like to see it develop, which new species you’d like to see on ARKive, contribute your images or just keep in touch with the latest ARKive additions.

ARKive e-news, International Day for Biological Diversity

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:45:00 GMT

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This year, the theme is invasive alien species - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the economic and ecological well-being of society and the planet. We have highlighted some examples of species that are facing extinction due to the threats posed by invasive alien species, and also some where this threat has been reduced or where species have been brought back from the brink of extinction.

ARKive e-news, May 2009

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

You can now follow ARKive on Twitter and add your own images of threatened species to ARKive's new Flickr group. To celebrate, we showcase a collection of images included in ARKive that were discovered on Flickr.

Eggstra, eggstra, read all about it!

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:30:00 GMT

With many of us looking forward to eggs of the chocolate variety this weekend, the ARKive team thought we would challenge our regular e-news fans to an eggstremely eggciting 'look who's hatching' eggtivity! Take a look at our box of free range eggs and see if you can match them up to the list of cracking creatures below. If you need a bit of eggstra help, click on the image and watch the video to see who emerges.

ARKive does it in the dark...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:00 GMT

With species loss now occurring at a faster rate than at any time in Earth's history, and compounded by the over-arching threat of climate change, effective awareness raising and education programmes are ever more vital. Wildscreen is therefore pleased to be supporting conservation charity WWF in the promotion of Earth Hour, which aims to get a billion people around the world to switch off their lights for one hour on Saturday, March 28th at 8.30pm.

ARKive e-news, March 2009

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:00:00 GMT

This month we celebrate Wildscreen’s partnership with the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition by showcasing previous winning photographers and their contributions to ARKive.

ARKive e-news alert

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Wildscreen is delighted to be contributing content to the newest version of Google Earth, which enables users to dive beneath the surface of the sea and explore the world's oceans. By contributing a layer to Google Earth we hope to engage thousands more people from all around the world with the ARKive multi-media profiles, so they can learn so much more about the beauty and fragility of the natural world, and the urgent need to conserve it.

ARKive e-news, January 2009

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:00:00 GMT

This week we were delighted to welcome our Patron, Sir David Attenborough, to the Wildscreen office in Bristol. Sir David visited the team to catch up on all the latest ARKive developments, and learn more about our plans for the Wildscreen Festival, WildPhotos, WildFilmHistory and our most recent Wildscreen Outreach programme.

Season's greetings from ARKive

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Wishing you good health and happiness in 2009. We would like to send all our supporters, media donors and users our very best wishes for 2009.

ARKive e-news, December 2008

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT

It's been a successful few months for Wildscreen, with the Wildscreen Festival, the world's most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festival, and WildPhotos, the UK's largest nature photography symposium, taking place to great acclaim.

2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

On Monday October 6th, the IUCN released the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Red List now includes 16,928 species that are threatened with extinction.

ARKive e-news, September 2008

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT

It has been a very exciting summer for Wildscreen, with the announcement of a major new international partnership with The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), to help raise awareness of Abu Dhabi's threatened biodiversity and conservation programmes.