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African Wildlife
Greater Bamboo Lemur
The Island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is home to dozens of species of lemurs—and almost all of them are disappearing very quickly due to habitat loss…
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Amphibians
Chinese Giant Salamander
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianas) is the world’s largest amphibian, growing to lengths of up to 6 feet. It used to be common throughout central, southwestern and southern China,…
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Jungle Animals
Amur Leopard
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a very rare leopard subspecies that lives only in the remote and snowy northern forests of eastern Russian’s Primorye region. Its former range…
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Endangered Species
Ten Most Endangered Animals
We mentioned in another article that picking a Ten Most Endangered Animals list was a tough job. For every critically endangered creature you select, you must leave out hundreds of…
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Endangered Species
Stop The Wolf Hunt
Conservation groups are fighting in court to prevent wolf hunts that are scheduled to begin in September in Idaho and Montana. The Idaho hunt would kill up to one-third of…
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Birds
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
The most critically endangered species on our list of the ten most critically endangered animals is the ivory-billed woodpeckers, which lives—or lived—in the Southeastern part of the US as well…
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Birds
Endangered Piping Plover
The endangered Great Lakes (US) population of piping plovers gets a boost with some welcome Illinois nestlings . . . while on the other side of the world, scientists report…
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