IUCN SSC
Our website serves as an information hub for researchers, conservation professionals and keen naturalists who are interested in the world’s rodents, shrews, moles, solenodons, hedgehogs and treeshrews.
Latest: Hedgehog Conference
On the 13th-14th January 2024, over 200 wildlife rehabilitators, researchers and conservation practitioners gathered at Hartpury University (UK) for the International Conference for Hedgehog Rehabilitators.
New study: why are some species rediscovered while others remain lost?
Nearly half (49%) of lost mammal species are rodents, and research suggests that there are more lost and fewer rediscovered rodents than would be expected by chance.
Image: State of Queensland/Wikimedia.
Latest: SMSG member joins renowned Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust training programme
The 12-week Durrell Endangered Species Management Graduate Certificate (DESMAN) course is Durrell’s flagship training programme.
Latest: Red List publication: Russian Desmans are now Critically Endangered
Russian Desmans have been “up-listed” from Endangered to Critically Endangered in the latest IUCN Red List Update (Monday 11th December).
Latest: Iberian Desman Workshop
In late November 2023, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation organised a workshop in Andorra La Vella, Andorra, titled “Towards a transboundary conservation strategy for the Iberian desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)”.