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 tree-shrews.
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)”.
Latest: Russian Desman project in Kazakhstan: Conserving a mole-mermaid!
The SMSG is pleased to be supporting a new conservation project in Kazakhstan.
Latest: Studying Wolffsohn’s Viscacha
New SMSG member Morgan Pendaries shares insights from his PhD viscacha research.
Image: Dario Podesta.