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“Illinois adds to endangered and threatened species to list” — FOX 32 Chicago

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December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The maleo is a large megapode and the only member of the monotypic genus Macrocephalon.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Maleo (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Acilius duvergeri is a species of beetle in family Dytiscidae.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Fig. 32.—Eye of Acilius Larva, with its Optic Ganglion. On the right side the nerve end-cells have been drawn free from pigment. (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Illinois has its latest list of endangered species — the end result of many difficult choices” — Chicago Tribune

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December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The rufous flycatcher is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Rufous Flycatcher (Myiarchus semirufus) (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The Cromwell chafer beetle is a species of flightless beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Closeup of a Cromwell chafer beetle (Prodontria lewisi) at night in the Cromwell Chafer Beetle Reserve on scabweed (Raoulia) (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Achatinella decipiens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered

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Achatinella decipiens Newcomb, 1854 (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“The incredible comeback of the world’s last wild horse species” — National Geographic

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December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The daggernose shark is a little-known species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Carcharias oxyrhynchus (=Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Rare Footage of ‘Critically Endangered’ Horses in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone” — Newsweek

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December 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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“Beaufort man pleads guilty to illegally purchasing green sea turtle head” — Hilton Head Island Packet

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December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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The Panamanian white-faced capuchin, also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin, is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Panamanian white-faced capuchin female, male, and baby (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Prescribed burns underway on Mount Graham to reduce wildfire risk and protect endangered species habitats” — The Gila Herald

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December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Banksia bella, commonly known as the Wongan dryandra, is a species of dense shrub that is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Wongan dryandra taken at Wongan Hills Nature Reserve (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Endangered species convention proposes new rules for growing exotic pet trade” — WKMG

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December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Cook's petrel or tītī (Māori), blue-footed petrel, is a Procellariform seabird endemic to New Zealand.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (alt text from Wikimedia)
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Samarkand’s CoP20 Opens with High-Stakes Debates on Wildlife Trade and Species Protection” — The Times Of Central Asia

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December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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“The Endangered Species Act and Mother Earth In Jeopardy” — Beyond Pesticides

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December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Quercus austrina, the bastard white oak or bluff oak, is an oak species that is endemic to the southeastern United States from Mississippi to the Carolinas, with a few isolated populations in Arkansas.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Bluff Oak (Quercus austrina) (alt text from Wikimedia)
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The blue-winged racket-tail or Sulu racquet-tail is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Prioniturus verticalis (alt text from Wikimedia)
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Whitetip sharks obtain protection: UN - China Daily” — Global Edition

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November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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The red-throated woodlizard is a species of reptile in the genus Enyalioides, native to Ecuador.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Adult male of Enyalioides rubrigularis (QCAZ 8456). (alt text from Wikimedia)
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Eucalyptus annulata, commonly known as the open-fruited mallee or prickly -fruited mallee, is a mallee that is native to Western Australia.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Eucalyptus annulata. Flowers and Buds (alt text from Wikimedia)
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered” — IFLScience

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November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Cetradonia is a lichen genus in the family Cladoniaceae.

IUCN status: Vulnerable
Gymnoderma lineare (A. Evans) Yoshim. & Sharp, 1968 (photograph of a herbarium specimen showing strap-shaped lobes) Growing on acidic rock above 6,000 feet at Clingmans Dome, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA; collected and identified by Allen C. Skorepa (No. 6027, May 1967); specimen is now in the Lichen Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden. Gymnoderma lineare is a rare species that is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. (alt text from Wikimedia)
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM