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Conservation biologist Felicity Arengo answers this question.

Molecular biologist Rob DeSalle answers this question.

Invertebrate ecologist Sacha Spector answers this question.
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Thousands of plants and animal species may be in danger of becoming extinct and disappearing forever.

Play this game to find out how a law protects animals and plants.

Herpetologist Minh Duc Le answers this question.

Test your knowledge about the variety of life on Earth with this quiz.

Invent a story about an endangered species. Then draw and write about it!

Tracking a gorilla can get hairy. Literally. Just ask George Amato.
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You could travel the globe, but there's only one place you'd find a ruffed lemur: Madagascar. It is an endemic species. ...
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It's no fluke that Howard Rosenbaum is wild about whales -- especially the endangered right whales and humpback whales.
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As a conservation geneticist, Yael tries to help endangered species by studying their DNA.
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In college, Rob DeSalle wanted to study the narwhal, an Arctic whale with an eight-foot spiral tooth.
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The St. Vincent parrot makes its home on the tropical island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. These parrots are covered ...
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In the wild, ruffed lemurs live in only one place -- the eastern rain forests of Madagascar.
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Since he was a kid, George Amato has been wild about wildlife. Today he works for the Wildlife Conservation Society and ...
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The gremlin-like, endangered aye-aye makes its home in the tropical forests of Madagascar, a large island off the coast ...
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You can tell a hammerhead shark by its wide head with eyes on the ends.
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Even though this whale of a whale weighs many tons, the humpback whale can make acrobatic leaps out of the water!
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California condors are the largest birds in North America. Like all vultures, condors are carrion-eaters. This means tha...
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Eleanor Sterling is the Director for the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural Hist...
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Growing up, Joel Cracraft loved reading travel and adventure books. In high school, he became interested in ornithology,...
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Found along tropical coastlines, thick mangrove forests were once considered a nuisance, infested with mosquitoes and bl...
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Tipping the scales at more than 7 pounds, the Goliath is the largest frog in the world. Just two of these frogs weigh as...
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The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth.
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The snowy egret is a beautiful sight. An adult egret is distinguished by its dark slender beak, long black legs, and yel...
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Most mammals that live on land use their legs to get around. But the white-handed gibbon relies mostly on its arms. Usin...
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If you came face to face with a pacu, what would you do? Never fear -- the pacu may look like a big and scary fish, but ...
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Clones are plants and animals that have more than just their looks in common; they also have the exact same DNA sequence...
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The Asian elephant is one of the largest land mammals in the world. Some people believe that elephants feel joy and sadn...
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Most amphibians start their lives in water, and grow up to live on land. But axolotls live their whole lives in water. T...
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Taiwan's national butterfly is the Broad-tailed Swallowtail butterfly.
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Bustling with a spectacular diversity of life, coral reefs are the rain forests of the oceans.
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For centuries, orange roughy went mostly unnoticed by humans. These fish thrived in the dark, the cold, and the intense ...
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Scientists all over the world send precious cargo to Julie Feinstein: frozen samples of animal tissues.
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Located off the coast of Georgia, St. Catherines is an island with white sandy beaches, a variety of wildlife, and dense...
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Polar bears are the top predator of the icy Arctic. But these large, furry white mammals have to work hard for their foo...
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In 1997, Dolly rocked the world of genetics. Not baaaa'd for a little lamb from Scotland. What was the big deal? She was...
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The leatherback is the world's largest turtle. Unlike the bony exterior of other sea turtles, the exterior of the leathe...
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This beautiful tortoise lives in the deserts of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. This reptile gets its nam...
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The body of a sawfish may look like a fish, but its long, flat snout sets it apart. Rimmed with razor-sharp points, this...
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The dazzling Magellan's Iridescent Birdwing is found only on Orchid Island, about 60 kilometers off the southeast coast ...
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When she was a kid, Ana explored the landscapes of rural Uruguay and Brazil and the many plants and animals that live th...