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The eastern meadow vole, aka fields mouse or meadow mouse, is a very wide spread rodent that can be found from throughout Canada to the U.S. Because these voles reproduce rapidly and cause millions of dollars in damage to agricultural crops, lawns, and orchards (by “girdling” or chewing the bark […]

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The Pacific marten was once considered conspecific with the American marten, however several studies using molecular genetics indicate that they are a distinct species. They face the threats of habitat loss, destruction, and degradation at the hands of logging and industrial clearcutting. Catastrophic forest fires and severe pest infestations—such as […]

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The red-footed tortoise is a medium sized tortoise that hails from Central and South America. They can be found from savannahs to forest edges around the Amazon Basin. They face the threats of overhunting and poaching. This is considered to be the single largest threat to this species. In many […]

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The fan mussel is among not only the largest, but the rarest of the bivalve molluscs in the Atlantic Ocean. They can be found off the coast the northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and around the British Isles down to Mauritania. They face the threats of bottom trawling and […]

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The plum-headed parakeet is a species of parakeet that hails from India. They quickly fly about with twists and acrobatic turns throughout the day. These birds face the threats of deforestation and habitat fragmentation at the hands of agriculture expansion, logging, and urbanization that are actively shrinking their environment. Tree […]

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The Calbali bush-cricket, aka armored katydid, armored ground cricket, armored bush cricket, corn cricket, setotojane, and koringkriek, hails from portions of Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. They face the threat of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of agriculture, deforestation, and changing land use in arid savannas. […]

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The greater Egyptian jerboa hails from northern Africa and the Middle East. These rodents prefer habitats that contain deserts and semi-deserts, sand dunes near the coastlines, marshes, pastures, and arable lands. They face the threats of hunting, trapping, and even poisoning due to being seen as food by the Bedouin […]

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The Sagalla caecilian is a worm-like amphibian that dwells among what remains of Sagalla Hill in Kenya, Africa. These critters seem to be adaptable enough to still survive among the heavily deforested hillside. That being said, they do suffer the threats of habitat loss and deforestation at the hands of […]

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The velvet crab, aka velvet swimming crab or devil crab, hails from the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Since the 1980s, commercial targeting of these crabs has intensified significantly, particularly in the UK, Ireland, and Scotland where they are highly prized for international export. Overfishing poses a localized threat of […]

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The pale-headed rosella is a moderate-size parrot that hails from northeastern and eastern Australia. They are conspecific with the eastern rosella. These parrots are considered an agricultural pest because they feed heavily on seeds, fruits, and grains. The installation of cattle watering troughs has allowed this species to thrive and […]

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