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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 9h
“3 Iconic Animals Show the Value of the US Endangered Species Act and the Harm in Stripping it Away” — CounterPunch #EndangeredSpeciesNews #EndangeredSpeciesAct #EndangeredSpecies
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 11h
“New crocodile species found fossilized in stone used to build Egypt’s Great Sphinx” — Mongabay News #EndangeredSpeciesNews #EndangeredSpecies #Crocodile
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 17h
• Photo: Kalyanvarma (CC BY-SA 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 10/6/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 17h
Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus, also known as Anaimalai flying frog, false Malabar gliding frog, and false Malabar tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Photo of Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 23h
“Endangered Female Blacktip Shark Bukangi in Busan Waterway” — 조선일보 #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Endangered #Shark
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
• Photo: Descourtilz, J. Theodore.; Descourtilz, M. E.; Pichard. (Public domain, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 10/5/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Magnolia dodecapetala is a species of flowering plant in the genus Magnolia, family Magnoliaceae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
• Photo: Original work: R.I.Pocock Derivative work: Kürschner (Public domain, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 10/4/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The West African oyan, also known as the West African linsang, is a linsang species native to the Upper Guinean forests in West Africa. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Genet pelts from Liberia. Left to right:
1,2: Johnston's Genet
3: Leighton's Linsang

4: King Genet (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Sumatra rhino pregnancies nurse hope for endangered species' future” — The Peninsula Qatar #EndangeredSpeciesNews #EndangeredSpecies #Rhino
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
• Photo: Dinesh Valke (CC BY-SA 2.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 10/3/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Calophyllum apetalum is a species of tree endemic to the Western Ghats region of India. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Calophyllum apetalum (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Canadian wildfire smoke clouds Ohio search for endangered rattlesnakes at a crucial moment” — Yahoo #EndangeredSpeciesNews #EndangeredSpecies #Endangered
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
• Photo: John Nugent Fitch (Public domain, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 10/1/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dichrostachys dehiscens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Tab. XXII - Dichrostachys dehiscens, Balf.fil. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Endangered dolphins survive in a Bangladesh river so polluted it’s ‘not livable’ for fish” — Mongabay News #EndangeredSpeciesNews #EndangeredSpecies #Fish
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Endangered Species Act Protection for Monarch Butterfly Delayed Until 2030” — Center for Biological Diversity #EndangeredSpeciesNews #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpeciesAct
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
• Photo: Giorgimailo (CC BY-SA 4.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/26/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Caucasian salamander is a species of stream-dwelling salamander in the family Salamandridae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Caucasian Salamander (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
• Photo: Marco Schmidt[1] (CC BY-SA 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/25/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Vitellaria paradoxa, commonly known as shea tree, shi tree, or vitellaria, is a tree of the family Sapotaceae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Vitellaria paradoxa (shea tree, karité), eastern Burkina Faso (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Acadia Counts Migrating Hawks as Researchers Study Climate Change Impact on Raptors” — Bar Harbor Story | Carrie Jones | Substack #EndangeredSpeciesNews #ClimateChange #EndangeredSpecies
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
• Photo: Gargominy O. (CC BY 4.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/24/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Renea paillona is a species of land snail in the family Aciculidae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Renea paillona Boeters, E. Gittenberger & Subai, 1989; Type status: 	N/A; Identified by:	Gargominy O.; Individual count:	1; Event date: 	N/A (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Zoo's baby crocodiles are supporting an endangered species (and they're cute!)” — TheDailyNewsOnline #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Zoo #Crocodile
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Scientists Decode the Perfect Diet for an Endangered Indian Carp” — Bioengineer #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Endangered #EndangeredSpecies
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
• Photo: Spring Fed Images spring_fed_images (CC0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/22/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The American black swift, or more simply black swift, is a species of bird that is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica and Brazil. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Zapata Falls, United States (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Conservationists worry Trump may prematurely strip Mexican gray wolf protections” — Arizona Capitol Times #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Wolf #Trump
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Zoo’s baby crocodiles are supporting an endangered species (and they’re cute)” — The Spokesman-Review #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Crocodile #Zoo
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
• Photo: Santiago Ron (CC BY 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/21/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Pacific horned frog, also known as Pacific big-mouthed frog, Stolzmann's horned frog and Ecuadorian horned frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratophryidae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Ceratophrys stolzmanni (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
• Photo: Patrick Ch. Apfeld, derivative editing by Poke2001 (CC BY 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/20/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The black-footed cat, also called the small-spotted cat, is the smallest wild cat in Africa, having a head-and-body length of 35–52 cm (14–20 in). IUCN status: Vulnerable
Felis nigripes at Zoo Wuppertal, Germany (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
• Photo: Carole Hickman (CC BY 2.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/18/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Partula taeniata, also called the Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of terrestrial gastropod in the Partulidae family. IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Photo of Partula taeniata from Moorea. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
• Photo: Regan C. T. (1913): The Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Expedition. (Public domain, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/16/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Champsocephalus esox, the pike icefish or northern icefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Channichthyidae, the crocodile icefishes. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Champsocephalus esox (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
• Photo: Juan R. Lascorz (CC BY-SA 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/15/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Iberian pond turtle, also known as the Mediterranean pond turtle or Mediterranean turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Galápago leproso ibérico "Mauremys caspica". Hembra adulta con el caparazón cubierto de algas. // Adult female of Spanish Turtle "Mauremys caspica", with seaweed-coated shield. * It's in fact a Mauremys leprosa (Mauremys caspica doesn't live in spain). Christophe cagé 13:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC) (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“The Endangered Species Act Can’t Stop Extinction with Its Hands Tied” — WildEarth Guardians #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Endangered #EndangeredSpeciesAct
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
• Photo: Forest Jarvis (CC BY 4.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/14/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Cebu boobook or Cebu hawk-owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Cebu Boobook. Photo by Forest Jarvis (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
• Photo: Daderot. (CC BY-SA 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/13/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Brighamia insignis, commonly known as ʻŌlulu or Alula in Hawaiian, or colloquially as the vulcan palm or cabbage on a stick, is a species of Hawaiian lobelioid in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Brighamia insignis - general view. From the Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauai, Hawaii. (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“California Sues over Trump Administration’s Attempt to Weaken Endangered Species Act” — independent #EndangeredSpeciesNews #Trump #EndangeredSpeciesAct
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
• Photo: Zalofm (CC BY-SA 3.0, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/12/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Rhipsalis pilocarpa, the hairy-fruited wickerware cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family that is endemic to Brazil. IUCN status: Vulnerable
Rhipsalis pilocarpa (alt text from Wikimedia)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
• Photo: Barbara Maxfield, USFWS (Public domain, no changes) • Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0, accessed 9/11/26)
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Endangered Species @endangered.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Serianthes nelsonii is a large tree endemic to Guam and Rota of the Mariana Islands. IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Serianthes nelsonii USFWS (alt text from Wikimedia)
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