Endangered species, any species that is at risk of extinction because of a sudden rapid decrease in its population or a loss of its critical habitat. Previously, any species of plant or animal that was threatened with extinction could be called an endang
Find out if there are any endangered species in your state, your country, island, etc. Browse endangered species listings according to area on our planet using the selection box below. For a complete list of US endangered species, select United States below. Browse the different areas in the...
Here's a list of the most threatened animal species in the world. It approximates how many of each exist in the wild and also indicates which efforts, if any, are being used to save them.
Historically, the species was found in thirteen river basins in southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, but it has been extirpated from four of those basins. The Proposed Rule identifies water quality degradation, urbanization ... Continue Tags: Climate Change, Critical Habitat, Endangered Species...
The African wild dog is easily identified due to its patterned coat, which gives the species its alternative name of African Painted Dog. It is estimated that fewer than 1,500 adult individual African wild dogs are left in the wild. The species’ population is fragmented over a wide area. ...
There is a new book on the birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona. The book has photographs, notes on seasonal abundance, and conservation status for the 127 species I’ve seen around my home on the Agua Fria River in the center of town. ...
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The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s first marine protected area for one of earth’s largest animals: the endangered sperm whale.
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Urban Ecosystems, 19, 361-372.Becker, M., Buchholz, S. (2015): The sand lizard moves downtown - habitat analogues for an endangered species in a metropolitan area. Urban Ecosyst. 08/2015: DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0497-x.