Conservation Threats

Hunting

Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans

1,026 Animals

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Death Adder

Australia's tail-luring ambush expert

Rubber Boa

The boa with a built-in decoy tail

Lone Star Tick

The hunter tick with the lone star

Elegant Tern

Orange bill, black crest, perfect dive

Lake Sturgeon

Ancient armor, river wanderer

American Dog Tick

Ornate hitchhiker of field and brush

Southern Black Racer

Speedy, sleek, and harmless.

Mojave Rattlesnake

Desert rattle, stealthy and lethal

Ball Python

Small python, big defensive curl

Owl

Silent wings, sharp minds of night

Anaconda

Wetland giants with a quiet grip

Parrotfish

Beaks that build beaches

Insect

Six legs, endless strategies.

Common European Adder

Zigzag guardian of the heath

Horned Adder

Horned eyes, hidden strike

Peringuey's Adder

The dune viper that vanishes in sand

Ortolan Bunting

Long-haul bunting of open fields

European Bee-Eater

Colorful aerial hunter of summer skies

Nilgai

Blue bull of India's scrublands

Polecat

Small predator, big attitude

Macaque

Smart, social, seriously adaptable

Eurasian Wolf

Wild Europe's original pack hunter

Potoo

The night's perfect branch impersonators

Ruddy Turnstone

Flip a stone, cross an ocean.