The IUCN Red List includes more than 38,000 species of plants and animals including Photo 1.2 (top left - Photo: © Antonio Di Croce.) the Scimitar-horned Oryx Oryx damah (Extinct in the Wild) formerly from North Africa and now part of a major reintroduction programme; Photo 1.3 (top right - Photo: © Jack Jeffrey Photography.) the Akepa Loxops coccineus (Endangered) a honeycreeper endemic to Hawaii; Photo 1.4 (middle left - Photo: © Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch. ) the Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus (Vulnerable), a widely distributed cold-water pelagic species that is vulnerable to overfishing; Photo 1.5 (middle right - Photo: © Michael Samways.) the Harlequin Sprite Damselfly Pseudagrion newtoni (Vulnerable) which disappeared from its type locality in South Africa, has since been found at another site where cattle grazing of river banks and the spread of invasive alien trees has been curbed; Photo 1.6 (bottom left - Photo: © Anthony G. Miller.) the Dragon Tree Dracaena cinnabari (Vulnerable) forming characteristic woodlands on the island of Soqotra, Yemen, but under threat due to possible over-utilization and climate change; and  Photo 1.7 (bottom right - Photo: © Piotr Naskrecki.) the Mount Nimba Viviparous Toad Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (Critically Endangered) occurs only in a small area of Mount Nimba in Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire, where it lives in montane grassland, a habitat that is in grave danger as a result of plans to mine iron ore.