Endangered Species
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Endangered Species List 2012
Our 2012 Top 10 Endangered Species List is now complete—and the giant panda still has not made the cut! Elsewhere on this site, we have talked about how subjective Top…
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What is an Endangered Species?
The term “endangered species” is one that we frequently hear in the media as well as in everyday conversation. It could be said—and often is—that all species on earth are…
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A Terrible Year For Rhinos
Despite a muscular increase in South Africa’s anti-poaching law enforcement efforts, the illegal killing of rhinos has continued its aggressive upswing in that country—as well as in almost every other…
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Cloning Endangered Species
An All About Wildlife article, Why Cloning Won’t Save Endangered Animals, recently received a link from an essay in the online version of The New York Times that made the…
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Extinction and Extirpation
Everyone knows what the words “extinct” and “extinction” mean. They tell us that a species has vanished from the earth, just like the dinosaurs. Since life began on our planet,…
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Saving Wild Hamsters
How could the hamster possibly be an endangered species when we see them in every pet store we visit? For one thing, there are around 25 different species of wild…
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