#EndangeredSpecies
Pets & Animals | Animals
Twenty Endangered California Condors Die Amid Avian Flu Outbreak | Smithsonian Magazine
Scientists fear the deaths could set back the slow-breeding birds' recovery by at least a decade
Psychology | Psychology
Here’s Why We Believe That Beautiful Animals Are More Deserving Of Our Protection – Research Digest
By Emma Young. Beautiful animals, as well as people, buildings and lakes, are seen as more "pure" and therefore of higher moral standing.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Scientists clone the first U.S. endangered species
Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago.
News | Animal Links
Surprise! Giraffes fall under 4 species, not one
For centuries, scientists believed all giraffes fall under one species.
Pets & Animals | Interesting Animal Stories
Help save the Pangolin
What’s scaly from tip to tail and can curl into a ball? Pangolins! These solitary, primarily nocturnal animals, are easily recognized by their full armor of scales. A startled pangolin will cover its head with its front legs, exposing its scales to
News | Animal Links
Scientists Hope to Bring a Galápagos Tortoise Species Back to Life
Close relatives of Lonesome George, who died in 2012, have been found by geneticists who plan to resurrect his species.
Pets & Animals | Animal Rescue Stories
$110,000 given to San Diego zoo to help save northern white rhino - LA Times
A Los Angeles-based philanthropic organization is providing money to help San Diego's Frozen Zoo find ways to bring the northern white rhino back from the brink of extinction, zoo officials announced Thursday.
Pets & Animals | Animals
Government to spend $3.2 million to help monarch butterfly
The federal government on Monday pledged $3.2 million to help save the monarch butterfly, the iconic orange-and-black butterfly that can migrate thousands of miles between the U.S. and Mexico each year. ...
