Conservation Threats

Urbanization

Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats

1,206 Animals

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Dormouse

Tiny tree sleepers, big hibernators

Olm

The dragon's "baby" of the karst

Snail

One class, a thousand ways to snail.

African Tree Toad

A toad that lives in the trees

Pond Skater

Skating predators of the surface film

Glass Lizard

All the lizard-none of the legs.

African Wild Dog

Painted packs, perfect teamwork.

Manta Ray

Wings of the sea, built to filter

Cotton-top Tamarin

Colombia's crested forest acrobat

Geoffroys Tamarin

Panama's cooperative twin-raiser

Pied Tamarin

Manaus' black-and-white forest neighbor

Black Rhinoceros

Hook-lipped browser, hard to beat

Sri Lankan Elephant

Sri Lanka's great gentle engineer

Indian Elephant

One trunk-many forests sustained

African Bush Elephant

Big ears, big impact.

Sparrow

Small birds, big social networks

Purple Emperor Butterfly

Purple flash in the treetops

Leopard Cat

Asia's adaptable little spotted hunter

Stag Beetle

Antlers of the insect world

Sand Lizard

Green-flanked sprinter of the sands

Pike Fish

Built to ambush, born to bite.

Cassowary

Casque on. Forests grow on.

Raccoon Dog

Masked canid, master of winter torpor

Pool Frog

Small frog, big role in wetlands