- Birds
Groove-billed Toucanets
The Groove-billed Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus sulcatus) is a toucan found in mountains of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela; where they inhabit subtropical and upper tropical humid forest and woodland, occasionally also occurring…
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The Tiger
Four subspecies of tiger—the Caspian, Javan, Balinese, and South China tigers—have already gone extinct due to habitat loss and relentless hunting by humans Five subspecies remain: the Amur, or Siberian,…
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The Saola
The saola (pronounced sow-la) scientific name Pseudoryx nghetinhensis has been referred to as the Asian unicorn because it is so rare and seldom seen. It is also Critically Endangered, with…
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The Northern Sportive Lemur
It is very difficult to say that one lemur species is more endangered than another. There are around 100 species of these primates, all of which live on the Island…
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The Little Dodo Bird
The little dodo birds goes by other names as well, including the tooth-billed pigeon, and in it’s native Samoa, the Manumea bird. Although just 12 inches (31 cm) in length,…
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Saving The Dodo Bird
The disappearance of the dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus) from the face of the earth almost 400 years ago is one of our most well-known extinction stories. It’s an infamous case…
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Power Lines Threaten Monkeys
The populations of all species of monkeys in the Central American nation of Costa Rica fell by 50% between 1995 and 2007, according to wildlife biologists working in that country.…
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