The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed five species of Canidae under the status of Critically Endangered, meaning that they face extreme risk of extinction. These canids are the Island Fox, Darwin’s Fox, Red Wolf, Ethiopian wolf, and Himalayan wolf. Tremendous conservation efforts have been undertaken to protect these animals.

Once upon a time, there was a mother bear who is fondly cuddling her cute playful cubs. Unknowingly from a distance, several evil eyes are keenly watching her every move. When she is about to get up and walk, a sharp thing cut through her skin, then another, and more. Then finally something struck her heart. With her dying eyes, she helplessly look while her cubs are being dragged away into the man's land. Into a place much wilder than the wild....

Turkey vultures are an important part of their ecosystem as they help to keep it clean by eating road kill and other dead animals. Turkey vultures are not picky eaters and will often eat carrion that other animals will not eat. Many people find turkey vultures ugly and repulsive; however, like all animals, they are beautiful in their own way and are an important part of their environment.

The monsters that exist before we born..Dinosaurs...That we have seen in the movies and pics.. Today's snakes, crocodiles and elephants may seem like toys compared to giants living on our planet millions of years ago, when there was not even a hint of the person. Our ancestors - small shrew - hiding in holes and do not protrude. The world belonged to dinosaurs. Gigantic monsters with enormous weight, and very little brain. No wonder they became extinct. But the daunting size of the skeletons st...

This article has been written in response to a question recently submitted asking how many Grizzly Bears remain in the wild. The Grizzly is a species of the brown bear and the long hair of its back and shoulders has white tips, this gives the bear a grizzled appearance and so the name of grizzly.

Grizzly Bear or Brown Bear or the American Bear is very famous but not many actual facts known. The bear become very widespread through the invention of the Teddy Bear. Most of the children know the Teddy Bear but not much knowledge had been written about their habitat and life. Today it is an dangered species like so many other animals. This was only achieved in less than hundred years.

Mammals are not only classified by species, they are classified by groups as well. Though we are accustomed to some groups such as a pack of wolves, or a herd of sheep, many of us do not know that these very animals can have several group classifications. Then there are other groups we do not often hear like a pounce or a clowder of cats.

Humankind is often responsible for the extinction of our animal populations. We carelessly hunt our animals into extinction. We encroach upon their habitats with our growing populations, we bring new harsh chemicals and animals into the habitats and we bring new forms of diseases. Archeologists have discovered an extinct scops owl called the Otus Mauli in the Portuguese island of Madeira.

The tarsier is one of the cutest animals in the Philippines. They are shy and aloof type of animals. In the recent days, the tarsiers face endangerment as many people are catching them as pets. Others are carelessly using them as displays or attractions to their parks. However, these animals are highly-sensitive. Too much noise, and even light, can trigger them to kill themselves by choking. These are the basic facts about the tarsiers, but there are so much more than those...

Acrobatic birds are different from other class of birds specially Humming birds and Swifts.Hummingbirds can hover motionless and fly backward or even upside down. To fuel their aerial stunts, these birds need a lot of food. Swifts trawl the air with their mouths agape to catch tiny midges.Swifts and Hummingbirds share a special type of wing that makes them the most acrobatic of birds.

The frog has many systems with different functions. The frogs systems include the Internal Transport System (Circulatory System), Reproductive System, Feeding and Digestion System. As well as the less known Gas Exchange System, Sensory System and the Locomotion System of the frog. Frogs have mixed blood containing both liquid and solid…

Are baby seals still being killed in Canada? Why are seals clubbed to death in Canada? When did the Canadian seal hunt end for killing the white seal pups? What is the Canadian Seal hunt? When are seals hunted in Canada? What countries have seal hunts? Learn more about the annual seal hunts and why seals are killed.

Black bears are very common in North America. They are usually vegetarians but they do love people food. They will break into cars and buildings looking for food. Black bears are the smallest bears that live in North America. They are timid and will usually try to avoid people unless food is involved.

There are many different kinds of brown bears. They can all be dangerous if cornered or if a female has a cub. The Kodiak is the largest of the brown bears. They can weigh as much as 1,500 pounds. The grizzly bear is the best known of the brown bers. The grizzly bear can be found in the U.S. and Canada.

There are several goat breeds from around the world. Many have horns and many don’t have. Many goat breeds’ horns are deliberately remove. Their horns are either long or short. In some cases, their horns are uniquely shaped too like spiral, twisted, corrugated and many others. There are several uses of their horns. They used it to defend themselves or used it for fighting and several other uses.