endangered
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Combining data from a number of wildlife organisations, the group said the endangered species, which "still clings on" across Cumbria, Northumberland and the North Pennines, could disappear within 25 years.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Yet a field survey commissioned by the developers found no tortoises, which are listed as endangered by the state of California.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
One species has been successfully reintroduced to its Polynesian island home – the first invertebrate ever to be downlisted from extinct in the wild to critically endangered.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Instead, it has proven to be about Appalachian springsnails—and a few other rare or endangered species, including freshwater mussels, fish, and crustaceans.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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