Conservation Threats

Wildlife Trade

Capture and trafficking of animals for pets, medicine, or commercial products

816 Animals

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Saw-scaled Viper

Small snake. Big sizzle. Serious venom.

Gulper Catfish

Frogmouth: the ambush gulper

Armored Catfish

Armored grazers of the Americas

Goby Fish

Tiny fish, big partnerships.

Pea Puffer

Small puffer, big attitude.

Beluga Sturgeon

Ancient giant, modern warning

Vampire Crab

Small crab, big attitude.

Yellow Tang

Reef lawnmower in sunshine-yellow

Asian Carp

Plankton powerhouses, river spawners

Cory Catfish

Armored, whiskered, and social

Giant Desert Centipede

Venom-clawed hunter of the desert night

Neon Tetra

Half-red stripe, full neon glow

American Paddlefish

Paddle-snouted plankton hunter

Giant Isopod

The deep sea's armored scavenger

Crocodile Monitor

New Guinea's whip-tailed tree hunter

Dragon Eel

Spots, horns, and fangs after dark

Pictus Catfish

Spots, speed, and super-long whiskers

Thresher Shark

The shark that hunts with a whip

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

White-tipped wings of the high seas

Lemon Shark

Twin dorsal fins, coastal king

African Golden Cat

The rainforest's hidden cat of many colors

Hawk

Built to see, swoop, and soar

Pelycosaurs

Permian pioneers of the mammal line

Viper Boa

Looks like a viper, hugs like a boa.