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Endangered species is a term used to describe
animal, plant, and insect populations that have so few surviving members that they may
become extinct. This may be due to over-hunting, loss of habitat, or loss of food
supply. Up to 100 species become extinct every day. In North America, a third of our
fish species, two-thirds of our crayfish species and nearly three-quarters of the mussel
species are in trouble. The loss of species indicates the degradation of the
ecosystem in which we all live with consequences we can only estimate and imagine. |
- Endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Eastern Birds, Audubon Handboook, 1988., page 303.
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In North Carolina 23% of amphibians, 20% of
mammals, 22% of reptiles, 5%of birds, 21% of fish, and 23% of mollusks are on the Federal
Endangered Species List.
 | Endangered Species
- lots of information about endangered species that can be found on factsheets, searchable
databases, images, policies and legislation; extinct species lists for US; Extinct Species
International History; periodicals and full-text articles on endangered species. |
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Exploring a World at Risk is a web site by the American Museum of Natural History.
You can take a virtual tour of the exhibition an learn about a variety of
endangered species including the Siberian Tiger, reportedly worth $30,000 or more on the
black market today, and the Chinese alligator whose population in the wild is down to
around 300. |
| The National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition
- an organization which wants to change the Endangered Species Act so that it is more
effective. |
| National Wildlife
Federation Endangered Species site contains: Facts About Endangered Species Pol
itics; People, and Endangered Species;Poachers, Poisons, and Other Problems;Ways People
Are Helping Endangered Species;Habitat Protection;Things You Can DO;Glossary. |
| Species at Risk site by the
World Wildlife Fund has pictures and facts about the most endangered species including
elephants, tigers, whales, pandas, and rhinos. Information about threatened species and an
online action kit to guide participation in protection programs. Tips on how to
avoid supporting illegal wildlife trade in specific countries. |
| US Fish and Wildlife Service -
includes the Endangered Species Act, lists and databases for download, and an interesting
FAQ |
| World Conservation
Monitoring Center - a database which is in interactive form that has information on
threatened species |
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"More than one-third of the
United States' threatened and
endangered species live only in wetlands, and nearly half use wetlands at some point in
their lives." EPA |
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