Conservation Threats

Disease

Pathogens, parasites, and disease outbreaks threatening wildlife populations

881 Animals

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Kentucky Warbler

Masked jewel of the forest floor

Hammerhead Worm

Hammerhead hunters of the soil

De Brazza's Monkey

The bearded guenon of river forests

Capuchin

Small hands, big brains.

Tamarin

Small monkeys, big teamwork

Waterbuck

Ringed rump, river-edge ruler

Bass

Bass: many lineages, one big name

Eared Grebe

Golden ears, black neck, master diver

Clark's Grebe

White face, yellow bill-lake sprinter

Horned Grebe

Golden horns, master of the dive

Fritillary Butterfly

Four legs, endless wing stories

Saturniidae Moth

Big wings, brief lives, brilliant cocoons.

Pied-Billed Grebe

Thick-billed master of the marsh

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands

Bhutan Takin

Bhutan's Roman-nosed mountain bovid

Decorator Crab

Wear the reef. Fool the predator.

Sehuencas Water Frog

Bolivia's stream sentinel

Javan Leopard

Java's hidden rosettes in the mist

Amano Shrimp

Algae patrol with a secret sea stage

Africanized bee (killer bee)

Same species-different attitude.

Kaua'i ‘Ō‘ō

The vanished voice of Kauai

Crayfish

Claws that shape freshwater worlds

Feather Star

Feathery arms, drifting meals

Yellow Crazy Ant

Small ant, supercolony impact