Endangered species are those plants and animals that are not yet extinct, but, whose numbers are severely reduced often due to habitat destruction and/or poaching.

1. •IUCN Red List - Overview
   

2. •Red List of Endangered Animals
   

3. •Canada: Species at Risk  |  Species List  |  COSEWIC
   

4. •Endangered Species - Wikipedia
   

5. •Illegal Wildlife Trade
   

6. •Flagship, Keystone, Priority and Indicator Species
   

7. •Endangered Species Finder
   

8. •How are species classed as extinct?
   

9. •First look at vast 'book of life'
   

10. •ARKive: Images of life on Earth
    

11. •Globally Endangered Species
    

12. •British Endangered Species
    

13. •Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network
    

14. •Myanmar wildlife pays price for Chinese demand
    

15. •Whales win, black rhinos lose at 2007 CITES meeting
    

16. •Horn trade endangers some rhinos
    

17. •How the EU saves , and kills, the rare Iberian lynx
    

18. •Counting Namibia's cheetahs
    

19. •Gorilla guardians
    

20. •Oil beetle re-emerges after 60 years of 'extinction'
    

21. •Seven dead in Kenya wildlife shootout
    

22. •Bears are facing extinction
    

23. •Endangered Whales
    

24. •Saving Gabon's orphan gorillas
    

25. •Orangutans 'face greater threat' from illegal logging
    

26. •Threat to ocean sharks increases
    

27. •Climate change threatens loggerhead turtles
    

28. •China's panda cub breaks records
    

African elephants

1. •Elephant conservation
   

2. •Ivory trade threatens future African elephants - BBC
   

3. •CBC video report (RealViewer)
   

4. •Will legalizing the ivory trade put elephants at risk from poachers?
   

5. •US 'major illegal ivory importer'
   

6. •South Africa considers elephant cull - Print | Video - some disturbing scenes
   

7. •South Africa to allow elephant cull
   

8. •Leakey backing for elephant cull in RSA (18 March)
   

9. •Viewpoint: Cull concerns 'miss bigger picture'
   

Tigers

1. •Where tigers and people fight for space
   

2. •Body part by body part, Sumatran Tigers are being sold into extinction
   

3. •Crunch time for Indian's tigers: numbers down by half (13 Feb)
   

4. •'Genetic corridors' are next step to saving tigers 
   

 

1. •Viewpoint: Richard Leakey: Conservation alone 'is not enough'
   

2. •How biodiversity can be protected: new recommendations
   

3. •Connecting the dots: Species and Protected Areas [PDF]
   

4. •Pulling species from the brink using IVF
   

5. •The debate over zoos
   

6. •Seven dead in Kenya wildlife shootout
   

7. •'Doomsday' seed vault design unveiled
   

8. •Near-extinct animals in need of rescue - are you game?
   

9. •Rare Sumatran Rhino bred in US zoo heads heads home
   

10. •DNA 'bar codes' identify 15 new bird species
    

11. •DNA tracks origin of seized elephant ivory
    

1. •Amur tiger offers an encouraging word: success

1. •10 Things You Can Do to Protect Wildlife
   

2. •Endangered Species Day- A Great Time to Get Involved!
   

3. •Read Gap Experience - Endangered Animals
   

4. •How to Make a Difference - Wildlife