endangered species
noun
: a species threatened with extinction
broadly
: anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened
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The number is a stark contrast to decades prior, when the species was close to extinction and placed on the endangered species list in 1976, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
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Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
But in 1999, they were removed from the endangered species list.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 May 2024
Federal officials recently began considering whether to add the Southern Plains bumblebee to the endangered species list.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
This spring staff is conducting pollination experiments on the Contra Costa Wallflower to understand how this endangered species reproduces and to estimate its genetic diversity.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
The California brown pelican was listed as an endangered species decades ago after the spread of the chemical DDT caused the shells of their eggs to thin.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
This can improve water quality, store carbon and support habitat for endangered species, disproportionately benefiting the entire ecosystem, said Brock Dolman, co-director of the Water Institute.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Milstein added that gray whales were hunted to near extinction during the whaling era, but with the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act, the animals have recovered to the point where they were removed from endangered species protection in 1994.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The last panel features a leopard shark found along our beaches like La Jolla, surrounded by kelp, and two California least terns flying above that—an endangered species that nests in our Mission Bay/Pacific Beach areas.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
But in 1999, they were removed from the endangered species list.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 May 2024
Federal officials recently began considering whether to add the Southern Plains bumblebee to the endangered species list.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
This spring staff is conducting pollination experiments on the Contra Costa Wallflower to understand how this endangered species reproduces and to estimate its genetic diversity.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
The California brown pelican was listed as an endangered species decades ago after the spread of the chemical DDT caused the shells of their eggs to thin.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
This can improve water quality, store carbon and support habitat for endangered species, disproportionately benefiting the entire ecosystem, said Brock Dolman, co-director of the Water Institute.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
Milstein added that gray whales were hunted to near extinction during the whaling era, but with the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act, the animals have recovered to the point where they were removed from endangered species protection in 1994.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The last panel features a leopard shark found along our beaches like La Jolla, surrounded by kelp, and two California least terns flying above that—an endangered species that nests in our Mission Bay/Pacific Beach areas.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
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