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Endangered Animals

Species Near Extinction
 



Species on the Brink of Extinction (314)    Species in Pieces

Biodiversity: Life ­– Status Report   PDF    Extinction (wiki) 


The Sixth Mass Extinction has animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to. The past rate was two mammal extinctions per 10,000 species per 100 years. About 41 percent of all amphibian species and 26 percent of all mammals are threatened with extinction, including humans.

Extinction Chart 500 Years

Holocene Extinction  The Sixth Extinction

The Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program (ETE)

Paleontological Research Institution

Last Days of Ivory

Be a Digital Park Ranger

Save the Icelandic Goat from extinction

Only 6 Northern White Rhinos left on the Planet
Northern White Rhinoceros (wiki)

Thousands of Rare Antelopes die mysteriously in Kazakhstan

Key Polar Bear Population Plummets in Alaska and Canada (youtube)

Wild Earth Guardians

Predator Defense   Invasive Species

Dugon in Egypt Sea-Cow (youtube)  Manatee (wiki)

A study of more than 2,200 species finds that humans are the planet’s most deadly natural-born killers. Science Mag

 


 

MASS Death Events in 14 Countries    Google Map View

Marine Defaunation: Animal Loss in the Global Ocean  Ocean Protection

Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus 

OIE-World Organisation for Animal Health

Food Chain (wiki)

 


 

Plants that have gone extinct

List of Extinct Plants (wiki)

High proportion of cactus species threatened with extinction

Invasive Plants


 

Animal Protection Websites

Invasive Animals