IUCN status
Red List categories are a shared language for risk — not a moral ranking of species.
Conservation is not a logo. It is status lists, habitat law, enforcement and the patience to let a population recover.
Habitat
Lost nesting ground and broken corridors shrink a range faster than a single hunt.
Poaching & bycatch
Illegal trade and accidental catch still remove adults that populations cannot spare.
Climate
Warming seas, earlier springs and vanishing ice rewrite the calendar animals evolved with.
Recovery
Reintroductions, protected areas and bycatch rules can reverse a collapse when they last.