Type of site | Encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| Created by | Wildscreen |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 20 May 2003 |
| Current status | Archived |
ARKive was a data system to help conserve the world's threatened species. It used "the power of wildlife imagery",
The archive has films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species in a centralised digital archive. Its priority was the 17,000 species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species at that time.
The project was an initiative of Wildscreen, a UK-registered educational charity, based in Bristol.
The website closed on 15 February 2019. It kept its collection of images and videos stored in its archive.