Show all crustaceans of concern in South America. Click on the species name to view its profile. Click on a species groups (mammals, reptiles, etc.) from the menu above to see more endangered creatures in South
Mammals that dwell in or migrate to any part of the North American continent, except Hawaii, which has its own section. Mammals of Greenland and adjacent Atlantic islands. Mammals of the Mexican Holarctic. Mammals of the Gulf of Maine. ...
Basilosaurus represents one of the earliest whales although it is actually descended from land mammals. The front flippers had an elbow joint and the back flippers where hind legs would have been are greatly reduced in size. It's estimated it could reach gigantic sizes of 40-60 feet in ...
Other important South American wildlife locations include thePantanal– a vast tropical wetland; theCerrado– a tropical savanna in Brazil; thePampas– an expanse of grasslands in the southeast; theAndes– a mountain range that stretches along the continent’s western edge, theAtacama Desert, which ...
**What mammals are listed here?: Why does Hawaii (a North American US - State) have its own category?Hawaii is the endangered species capital of the world. Many species on the endangered list (mostly plants) come from Hawaii. This page is dedicated to the endangered species of Hawaii. ...
The union is highlighting the plight of island habitats, with the Seychelles, the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii and remote South Atlantic Islands battling invasive alien species including grazing animals, fire ants and weeds. Several monkey species face extinction, and long line fishing continues to snare...
China and Japan visually change throughout the seasons. Think of lush green trees in summer, golden leaves in autumn, bare branches in winter and delicate blossoms in spring. The primary temperate forests of New Zealand, Southern Australia and South America are evergreens, which means they don'...
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This Oscar-winning film tells the story of the unlikely friendship that develops between an elderly Jewish woman, Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke (Morgan Freeman), in the racially segregated South. Through their heartwarming interactions and share...
College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, USA Frank E. Muller-Karger Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium Ruben Van De Kerchove Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany ...