Endangered Species
Websites
FAME: Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species
Australian Endangered Species List / Australian Geographic
A comprehensive list of Australia's critically endangered animals
An encyclopaedia with information on an extensive list of endangered animals.
The website of the Smithsonian National Zoo has conservation information and facts about a wide range of animals.
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Discover and learn about the world’s endangered animals, plants and fungi, what makes them special and why we should protect them.
An education website about endangered species and the efforts to save them
eSpecies Fact Sheets / KidsPlanet
Fact sheets on over 50 species arranged according to geographic region.
Threatened Species / ABC Splash
This website has short videos on a selection of endangered animals, including the Mountain Pygmy possum, Northern Hairy Nose wombat, Siberian tiger and Southern Corroboree frog. Transcripts of the videos are also included.
Priority Species / WWF
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is focusing efforts on a select group of priority species that are especially important, either for their ecosystem or for people.
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Rhinoceros / African Wildlife Foundation
Giant Pandas no longer ‘endangered.’ / WWF
Thanks to conservation efforts giant pandas have been downgraded from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable' on the global list of species at risk of extinction after their population increased by 17% in a decade.
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A fact sheet produced by the Australian Department of the Environment and Energy
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Print Resources
You will find books on endangered species at 591.6809 in the non-fiction shelves
Videos
Baby panda and mom caught on camera / WWF
Rare: It’s not too late / National Geographic
A video from photographer Joel Sartore‘s Biodiversity Project to promote his book, Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species.
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