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It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
If the Hawaiian monk seal were to go extinct, the Hawaiian ecosystem would be devastated. Monk seals are apex predators and have an important role in the food chain keeping crustacean, fish and squid populations under control.
If the Hawaiian monk seal were to go extinct, the Hawaiian ecosystem would be devastated. Monk seals are apex predators and have an important role in the food chain keeping crustacean, fish and squid populations under control.
The Bamboo Lemur is a medium-sized primate that lives exclusively on Madagascar. They have brown, woolly fur and scent glands they use to communicate their territory to other lemurs.
⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
The Bamboo Lemur is a medium-sized primate that lives exclusively on Madagascar. They have brown, woolly fur and scent glands they use to communicate their territory to other lemurs.
⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
The Devils Hole pupfish is a critically endangered species that lives in a single limestone cave in Nevada's Mojave Desert. They are one of the world's rarest fish and have some of the lowest genetic diversity of any known vertebrate.
The Devils Hole pupfish is a critically endangered species that lives in a single limestone cave in Nevada's Mojave Desert. They are one of the world's rarest fish and have some of the lowest genetic diversity of any known vertebrate.
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct for decades, but disputed sightings have been reported in Arkansas, Louisiana, and FL in recent years.
⭐️ Threats: Loss of mature forest habitat & widespread collection of the species for its feathers & parts
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was thought to be extinct for decades, but disputed sightings have been reported in Arkansas, Louisiana, and FL in recent years.
⭐️ Threats: Loss of mature forest habitat & widespread collection of the species for its feathers & parts
Striped hyenas are known for the black stripes on their bodies & legs, making them very recognizable. They have a shaggy mane that can raise, making them appear larger & more intimidating
⭐️ Endangered
⭐️ Threats: climate change, reduced food sources & hunting.
Striped hyenas are known for the black stripes on their bodies & legs, making them very recognizable. They have a shaggy mane that can raise, making them appear larger & more intimidating
⭐️ Endangered
⭐️ Threats: climate change, reduced food sources & hunting.
The Hairy-nosed Otter is a semiaquatic mammal native to SE Asia and one of the rarest, least known otter species.
⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting for fur and meat, and accidental entanglement in fishing gear
The Hairy-nosed Otter is a semiaquatic mammal native to SE Asia and one of the rarest, least known otter species.
⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting for fur and meat, and accidental entanglement in fishing gear
Decades of conservation efforts have helped the California Condor avoid extinction, but they continue to suffer from lead poisoning from feeding on contaminated carcasses.
⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, lead poisoning, and poaching
Decades of conservation efforts have helped the California Condor avoid extinction, but they continue to suffer from lead poisoning from feeding on contaminated carcasses.
⭐️ Status - Critically Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, lead poisoning, and poaching
Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.
Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.
Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: loss of their native meadow habitat as a result of fire suppression. Important travel corridors have become fragmented, leaving the ground squirrels to survive in isolated, non-connected habitat.
Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: loss of their native meadow habitat as a result of fire suppression. Important travel corridors have become fragmented, leaving the ground squirrels to survive in isolated, non-connected habitat.
Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
Penguins are one of the most threatened groups of seabirds, with half of the 18 species listed by Birdlife as either Vulnerable or Endangered.
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, pollution, disease, reduced food availability due to commercial fishing, climate change
Penguins are one of the most threatened groups of seabirds, with half of the 18 species listed by Birdlife as either Vulnerable or Endangered.
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, pollution, disease, reduced food availability due to commercial fishing, climate change
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.
Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.
Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
Laysan Duck
⭐️ Status: Critically Endangered
⭐️ They are primarily nocturnal, with most of their foraging activities occurring from dusk to dawn.
⭐️ Threats: habitat degradation (introduced rabbits and vegetation changes), disease, and natural disasters
Laysan Duck
⭐️ Status: Critically Endangered
⭐️ They are primarily nocturnal, with most of their foraging activities occurring from dusk to dawn.
⭐️ Threats: habitat degradation (introduced rabbits and vegetation changes), disease, and natural disasters
If Giant Kangaroo Rats were removed from the food chain, the number of cactus plants would increase due and additionally, predator populations would decrease due to lack of food source. This change could lead to broader ecological impacts within the ecosystem.
If Giant Kangaroo Rats were removed from the food chain, the number of cactus plants would increase due and additionally, predator populations would decrease due to lack of food source. This change could lead to broader ecological impacts within the ecosystem.
The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
Glass Frogs
⭐️ 11 species critically endangered, 39 endangered
⭐️ Can become see-through by hiding their red blood cells in their livers
⭐️ ~ size of a human fingernail
⭐️ Threats: habitat fragmentation, climate change, exploitation by the pet trade
Glass Frogs
⭐️ 11 species critically endangered, 39 endangered
⭐️ Can become see-through by hiding their red blood cells in their livers
⭐️ ~ size of a human fingernail
⭐️ Threats: habitat fragmentation, climate change, exploitation by the pet trade