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3 days ago · Learn about the factors that threaten biodiversity and the efforts to protect endangered species. Find out how human activities, climate change, pollution, and introduced species affect the survival of plants and animals.
May 22, 2024 · Learn about the threats and solutions for endangered and threatened species in the U.S. and around the world. Find events, news, actions, and resources to celebrate and conserve wildlife.
May 16, 2024 · Learn about the 1,300+ species listed as endangered or threatened in the US under the Endangered Species Act. Find fact sheets, habitat maps, recovery plans, and more from EPA, FWS, and NOAA.
May 27, 2024 · The IUCN Red List includes more than 3,800 critically endangered animals. These rare species are still found in the wild but are dangerously close to becoming extinct. Read on to learn about some of the most interesting and important critically endangered species.
- Sascha Bos
May 28, 2024 · According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of endangered species, 1,616 species of fish are at risk for extinction; another 989 are endangered and 627 are critically endangered.
- Nicole Gugliucci
- There are more than 1616 endangered species of fish in the world according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
- Some fish on the endangered species list include the orange roughy, winter skate, Atlantic halibut, Acadian redfish, bluefin tuna and the Beluga st...
- Species that are the most threatened by overfishing are sharks, Bluefin tuna, monkfish and the Atlantic halibut. Other mammals that are not as comm...
- One of the most recent fish species to go extinct is the smooth handfish, which went extinct in 2020.
May 17, 2024 · The US Endangered Species Act (ESA) is our nation’s most effective law to protect at-risk species from extinction, with a stellar success rate: 99% of species listed on it have avoided extinction.
May 23, 2024 · Endangered species news. Read about threatened species and comebacks. From antelopes to zebras, get the latest updates on endangered animals.
