Endangered Animal Articles

• Mammals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Cows, Sheep, Pigs
  Prions
  Microbes and More
  Animals
   
  

  Bighorn Sheep

  Bighorn Sheep is a species of sheep in North America with two endangered subspecies, Desert Bighorn Sheep and California Bighorn Sheep. Bighorn Sheep are named for the large, curved horns borne by ... > more
• Mice
  Rodents
  Genetically Modified
  Animals
  Mammals
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Mouse

  A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse. It is found in nearly all countries and, as the laboratory mouse, ... > more
• Mammals
  Trees
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Veterinary Medicine
  Language Acquisition
   
  

  Wood Bison

  The Wood Bison is a distinct northern subspecies of the North American Bison. Reduced by hunting from a total population of about 168,000 to less than 250 individuals by 1900, the Wood Bison has ... > more
• Forest
  Rainforests
  Trees
  Sustainability
  Soil Types
  Ecology
   

  Old growth forest

  Old growth forest, sometimes called late seral forest or ancient forest or primary forest is an area of forest that has attained great age and exhibits unique biological features. Old growth forests ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Zoology
  Animals
  Early Mammals
  New Species
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Reptile

  Reptiles (also called 'herps') are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane. Reptiles were defined as the set of animals that includes crocodiles, ... > more
• New Species
  Nature
  Drought
  Wild Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Richard Leakey

  Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (born 19 December 1944 in Nairobi, Kenya), is a paleontologist, archaeologist and conservationist. He is the second of the three sons of the archaeologists Louis Leakey ... > more
• Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Forest
  Nature
  Environmental Science
  Ecology
   
  

  Deforestation

  Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Nature
  Ecology
  Invasive Species
  Ecology Research
  New Species
   
  

  Invasive species

  Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species (e.g. plants or animals) that adversely effect the habitats they ... > more
• Dogs
  Mammals
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Wild Animals
  Nature
   
  

  Gray Wolf

  The Gray Wolf (Canis lupus; other forms: Timber Wolf, Wolf; British English: Grey Wolf) is a mammal of the Canidae family. The wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog, and, according to ... > more
• Fish
  Fisheries
  New Species
  Nature
  Marine Biology
  Ecology Research
   
  

  Seagrass

  Seagrass (or sea-grass in British English) are flowering plants from four plant families that grow in the marine saline ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
  Early Mammals
  Sea Life
  Marine Biology
  Animals
  Early Humans
   
  

  Evolution of cetaceans

  The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
  Endangered Animals
  Animals
  Mammals
  New Species
  Apes
   
  

  Toothed whale

  The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by having ... > more

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