#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 8 - black
Known for its black mask and feet, the black-footed ferret is North America’s most endangered mammal. Its major threats are habitat loss and disease.
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May 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 8 - black
Known for its black mask and feet, the black-footed ferret is North America’s most endangered mammal. Its major threats are habitat loss and disease.
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#endangered
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 12 - spot
The critically endangered Amur Leopard is one of the world’s rarest big cats with less than 200 individuals remaining in the wild. They are threatened by habitat loss, poaching, climate change, and disease.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
The critically endangered Amur Leopard is one of the world’s rarest big cats with less than 200 individuals remaining in the wild. They are threatened by habitat loss, poaching, climate change, and disease.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
May 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 12 - spot
The critically endangered Amur Leopard is one of the world’s rarest big cats with less than 200 individuals remaining in the wild. They are threatened by habitat loss, poaching, climate change, and disease.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
The critically endangered Amur Leopard is one of the world’s rarest big cats with less than 200 individuals remaining in the wild. They are threatened by habitat loss, poaching, climate change, and disease.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
#EndangeredAnimalMay 2026 Day 1 - Horn
The Javan Rhino is the most endangered rhino species, with around 75 individuals remaining, threatened by poaching, low genetic diversity, & natural disasters. You can help by donating to orgs like the International Rhino Foundation.
#rhino #drawing
The Javan Rhino is the most endangered rhino species, with around 75 individuals remaining, threatened by poaching, low genetic diversity, & natural disasters. You can help by donating to orgs like the International Rhino Foundation.
#rhino #drawing
May 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay 2026 Day 1 - Horn
The Javan Rhino is the most endangered rhino species, with around 75 individuals remaining, threatened by poaching, low genetic diversity, & natural disasters. You can help by donating to orgs like the International Rhino Foundation.
#rhino #drawing
The Javan Rhino is the most endangered rhino species, with around 75 individuals remaining, threatened by poaching, low genetic diversity, & natural disasters. You can help by donating to orgs like the International Rhino Foundation.
#rhino #drawing
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 31 - black
It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
June 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 31 - black
It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
It’s a tradition for me to end May with the Giant Panda, a conservation success story. The Chinese government & orgs like WWF work to protect their habitats and populations through reserves, wildlife corridors, & community-based conservation initiatives.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 11 - wing
The island marble butterfly is a critically endangered pollinator with marbled green-yellow wings. Only about 200-500 individuals remain, exclusively found on San Juan Island, Washington.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
The island marble butterfly is a critically endangered pollinator with marbled green-yellow wings. Only about 200-500 individuals remain, exclusively found on San Juan Island, Washington.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
May 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 11 - wing
The island marble butterfly is a critically endangered pollinator with marbled green-yellow wings. Only about 200-500 individuals remain, exclusively found on San Juan Island, Washington.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
The island marble butterfly is a critically endangered pollinator with marbled green-yellow wings. Only about 200-500 individuals remain, exclusively found on San Juan Island, Washington.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 15 - fin
The Vaquita is the smallest porpoise and the world’s rarest marine mammal with only 6-20 individuals remaining in the Gulf of California. The biggest threat to the Vaquita is the use of gill nets in their habitat.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
The Vaquita is the smallest porpoise and the world’s rarest marine mammal with only 6-20 individuals remaining in the Gulf of California. The biggest threat to the Vaquita is the use of gill nets in their habitat.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
May 20, 2026 at 1:38 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 15 - fin
The Vaquita is the smallest porpoise and the world’s rarest marine mammal with only 6-20 individuals remaining in the Gulf of California. The biggest threat to the Vaquita is the use of gill nets in their habitat.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
The Vaquita is the smallest porpoise and the world’s rarest marine mammal with only 6-20 individuals remaining in the Gulf of California. The biggest threat to the Vaquita is the use of gill nets in their habitat.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 21 - forest
Wolverines are the largest land-living species in the weasel family. They face threats like habitat loss caused by road construction & development, winter recreation disturbing their habitat, & trapping.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
Wolverines are the largest land-living species in the weasel family. They face threats like habitat loss caused by road construction & development, winter recreation disturbing their habitat, & trapping.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
May 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 21 - forest
Wolverines are the largest land-living species in the weasel family. They face threats like habitat loss caused by road construction & development, winter recreation disturbing their habitat, & trapping.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
Wolverines are the largest land-living species in the weasel family. They face threats like habitat loss caused by road construction & development, winter recreation disturbing their habitat, & trapping.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 23 - shell
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is a critically endangered turtle species. With a population of only two individuals, and the absence of fertile females, their species is functionally extinct.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is a critically endangered turtle species. With a population of only two individuals, and the absence of fertile females, their species is functionally extinct.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
May 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 23 - shell
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is a critically endangered turtle species. With a population of only two individuals, and the absence of fertile females, their species is functionally extinct.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is a critically endangered turtle species. With a population of only two individuals, and the absence of fertile females, their species is functionally extinct.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 24 - ocean
Elkhorn coral is a fast-growing, branching coral that forms in shallow Caribbean & FL reefs. It is critically endangered, facing severe population decline due to disease, bleaching, storms & human impacts.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
Elkhorn coral is a fast-growing, branching coral that forms in shallow Caribbean & FL reefs. It is critically endangered, facing severe population decline due to disease, bleaching, storms & human impacts.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
May 29, 2026 at 6:41 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 24 - ocean
Elkhorn coral is a fast-growing, branching coral that forms in shallow Caribbean & FL reefs. It is critically endangered, facing severe population decline due to disease, bleaching, storms & human impacts.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
Elkhorn coral is a fast-growing, branching coral that forms in shallow Caribbean & FL reefs. It is critically endangered, facing severe population decline due to disease, bleaching, storms & human impacts.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 22 - predator
Polar bears are apex predators of the Arctic. The Arctic is facing grave challenges as the administration finalized a plan, opening the 1.56M-acre Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain to oil & gas development.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
Polar bears are apex predators of the Arctic. The Arctic is facing grave challenges as the administration finalized a plan, opening the 1.56M-acre Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain to oil & gas development.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
May 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 22 - predator
Polar bears are apex predators of the Arctic. The Arctic is facing grave challenges as the administration finalized a plan, opening the 1.56M-acre Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain to oil & gas development.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
Polar bears are apex predators of the Arctic. The Arctic is facing grave challenges as the administration finalized a plan, opening the 1.56M-acre Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain to oil & gas development.
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#endangered #wildlife #drawing @world_wildlife @wwf_act
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 3 - Tail
The San Joaquin Kit Fox is North America’s smallest fox and is about the size of a house cat. The latest federal funding cuts are already affecting them, with layoffs of employees who care for San Joaquin Kit fox population in Bakersfield, CA.
The San Joaquin Kit Fox is North America’s smallest fox and is about the size of a house cat. The latest federal funding cuts are already affecting them, with layoffs of employees who care for San Joaquin Kit fox population in Bakersfield, CA.
May 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 3 - Tail
The San Joaquin Kit Fox is North America’s smallest fox and is about the size of a house cat. The latest federal funding cuts are already affecting them, with layoffs of employees who care for San Joaquin Kit fox population in Bakersfield, CA.
The San Joaquin Kit Fox is North America’s smallest fox and is about the size of a house cat. The latest federal funding cuts are already affecting them, with layoffs of employees who care for San Joaquin Kit fox population in Bakersfield, CA.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 29 - fly
The palila is a critically endangered finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreeper found only on the island of Hawaiʻi. Main threats include habitat degradation caused by invasive hooved animals, drought, wildfires, and predation by feral cats and rats.
The palila is a critically endangered finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreeper found only on the island of Hawaiʻi. Main threats include habitat degradation caused by invasive hooved animals, drought, wildfires, and predation by feral cats and rats.
June 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 29 - fly
The palila is a critically endangered finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreeper found only on the island of Hawaiʻi. Main threats include habitat degradation caused by invasive hooved animals, drought, wildfires, and predation by feral cats and rats.
The palila is a critically endangered finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreeper found only on the island of Hawaiʻi. Main threats include habitat degradation caused by invasive hooved animals, drought, wildfires, and predation by feral cats and rats.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 13 - mountains
The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
May 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 13 - mountains
The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
The Little Brown Bat, common on the East Coast of the U.S., is facing extinction primarily due to a white fungus growing in their habitats, infecting them with a disease called White-Nose Syndrome.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 16 - pounce
The Florida Panther, the state animal of Florida, is critically endangered with around 200 left in the wild. Their biggest threat is habitat loss, as well as auto collisions and territorial aggression between other Florida panthers.
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#endangered
The Florida Panther, the state animal of Florida, is critically endangered with around 200 left in the wild. Their biggest threat is habitat loss, as well as auto collisions and territorial aggression between other Florida panthers.
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#endangered
May 20, 2026 at 4:48 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 16 - pounce
The Florida Panther, the state animal of Florida, is critically endangered with around 200 left in the wild. Their biggest threat is habitat loss, as well as auto collisions and territorial aggression between other Florida panthers.
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#endangered
The Florida Panther, the state animal of Florida, is critically endangered with around 200 left in the wild. Their biggest threat is habitat loss, as well as auto collisions and territorial aggression between other Florida panthers.
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#endangered
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 16 - spots
Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.
Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.
Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 16 - spots
Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.
Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
Ocelots were once found across much of Texas, but now only exist in deep, south Texas.
Ocelot
⭐️ Status: Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss, road collisions, and potential inbreeding due to limited gene flow
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 21 - horn
Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
May 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 21 - horn
Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
Staghorn coral is a branching, stony coral found from Boca Raton, Florida, south to Venezuela. It plays an important role by providing a complex habitat for marine life, safeguarding the biodiversity of marine ecosystems in the region.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 8 - Fin
Cuts to NOAA include the elimination of several programs that fund habitat restoration and species recovery, including the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. This could have a "catastrophic" impact on restoring salmon habitat and their populations.
Cuts to NOAA include the elimination of several programs that fund habitat restoration and species recovery, including the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. This could have a "catastrophic" impact on restoring salmon habitat and their populations.
May 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 8 - Fin
Cuts to NOAA include the elimination of several programs that fund habitat restoration and species recovery, including the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. This could have a "catastrophic" impact on restoring salmon habitat and their populations.
Cuts to NOAA include the elimination of several programs that fund habitat restoration and species recovery, including the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. This could have a "catastrophic" impact on restoring salmon habitat and their populations.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 31 - white
Though Giant Pandas are no longer endangered, they are still vulnerable to threats like habitat fragmentation and climate change. Through decades of effort, they have become a conservation success story.
Though Giant Pandas are no longer endangered, they are still vulnerable to threats like habitat fragmentation and climate change. Through decades of effort, they have become a conservation success story.
June 2, 2026 at 7:26 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 31 - white
Though Giant Pandas are no longer endangered, they are still vulnerable to threats like habitat fragmentation and climate change. Through decades of effort, they have become a conservation success story.
Though Giant Pandas are no longer endangered, they are still vulnerable to threats like habitat fragmentation and climate change. Through decades of effort, they have become a conservation success story.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 19 - red
With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
May 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 19 - red
With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
With less than 20 Red Wolves in the US, they are close to extinction due to car collisions, killings, & habitat loss. Critical funding to retrofit highways in NC with wildlife crossing tunnels has been frozen recently, which will lead to more wildlife deaths.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 17 - scaly
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
May 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 17 - scaly
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards are listed as endangered under the ESA after facing decades of habitat loss at alarming levels due to fossil fuel development & sand mining for fracking purposes.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 28 - bumps
The Houston toad is a small, critically endangered amphibian in Central TX, known for its bumpy skin and distinctive trilling call during breeding season. Threats include habitat loss from development and invasive fire ants; road mortality; & drought.
The Houston toad is a small, critically endangered amphibian in Central TX, known for its bumpy skin and distinctive trilling call during breeding season. Threats include habitat loss from development and invasive fire ants; road mortality; & drought.
June 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 28 - bumps
The Houston toad is a small, critically endangered amphibian in Central TX, known for its bumpy skin and distinctive trilling call during breeding season. Threats include habitat loss from development and invasive fire ants; road mortality; & drought.
The Houston toad is a small, critically endangered amphibian in Central TX, known for its bumpy skin and distinctive trilling call during breeding season. Threats include habitat loss from development and invasive fire ants; road mortality; & drought.
For the past few years, I’ve done an art challenge in May called #EndangeredAnimalMay, so here we go again!
Day 1, Africa
I’ll never forget meeting Jaali the Black Rhino at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens. They do great work, partnering w orgs in Africa to save this critically endangered species.
Day 1, Africa
I’ll never forget meeting Jaali the Black Rhino at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens. They do great work, partnering w orgs in Africa to save this critically endangered species.
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For the past few years, I’ve done an art challenge in May called #EndangeredAnimalMay, so here we go again!
Day 1, Africa
I’ll never forget meeting Jaali the Black Rhino at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens. They do great work, partnering w orgs in Africa to save this critically endangered species.
Day 1, Africa
I’ll never forget meeting Jaali the Black Rhino at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens. They do great work, partnering w orgs in Africa to save this critically endangered species.
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 23 - Green
Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.
Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.
Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
May 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 23 - Green
Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.
Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
Green sea turtles are the only sea turtle species that primarily eats plants, like seagrass and algae.
Green Sea Turtle
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: overharvesting of eggs, hunting, and habitat loss
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 20 - desert
Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
May 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 20 - desert
Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
Mojave Desert Tortoise
⭐️ Status - Endangered
⭐️ Threats: habitat loss from development, military base expansion, off-highway vehicle use, livestock grazing; disease, utility maintenance projects; invasive species, extended droughts due to climate change
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 9 - Insect
Franklin’s Bumble Bee is an example of an endangered species that could be in your own backyard without you realizing it. It lives in a very specific 13,000 sq mile region of Oregon & CA. Check if there are any endangered animals in your area & how you can help.
Franklin’s Bumble Bee is an example of an endangered species that could be in your own backyard without you realizing it. It lives in a very specific 13,000 sq mile region of Oregon & CA. Check if there are any endangered animals in your area & how you can help.
May 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#EndangeredAnimalMay Day 9 - Insect
Franklin’s Bumble Bee is an example of an endangered species that could be in your own backyard without you realizing it. It lives in a very specific 13,000 sq mile region of Oregon & CA. Check if there are any endangered animals in your area & how you can help.
Franklin’s Bumble Bee is an example of an endangered species that could be in your own backyard without you realizing it. It lives in a very specific 13,000 sq mile region of Oregon & CA. Check if there are any endangered animals in your area & how you can help.