The unconventionally handsome VISAYAN WARTY PIG, is critically endangered due to habitat loss, food shortages and hunting. The remaining population can be found on only two islands in the Philippines.
Here are a couple group working with the VISAYAN WARTY PIG – CHM / St. Louis Zoo / San Diego Zoo
ON THE EDGE is a series featuring creatures with one foot precariously dangling over that great gully of extinction, who now unfortunately must look to us to tug them back onto stable ground.
If you are even slightly intrigued by any of the animals in this collection please, follow the links and learn a bit more. I promise, these creatures are worth it.
Hope you enjoy the series and thank you for the support.
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The MARANON POISON FROG is known to inhabit only a single location in North-Eastern Peru. They are endangered due to the threat of habitat destruction.
Here are some groups working with the MARANON POISON FROG and other threatened amphibians – the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust / Amphibian Conservation Centre / Amphibian Ark
ON THE EDGE is a series featuring creatures with one foot precariously dangling over that great gully of extinction, who now unfortunately must look to us to tug them back onto stable ground.
If you are even slightly intrigued by any of the animals in this collection, please, follow the links and learn a bit more. I promise, these guys are worth it.
Hope you enjoy the series and thank you for the support.
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The SAIGA is an unusual and critically endangered antelope found in central Asia. They face threats from poaching for use in traditional Chinese medicine, and from habitat destruction. In May 2010 an infectious disease tragically took the lives of 12,000 of the 26,000 animals within the Kazakhstan population, dealing a major blow to the species.
Here are a few groups working with the SAIGA. WWF / Saiga Conservation Alliance / FFI
ON THE EDGE is a series featuring creatures with one foot precariously dangling over that great gully of extinction, who now unfortunately must look to us to tug them back onto stable ground.
If you are even slightly intrigued by any of the animals in this collection, please, follow the links and learn a bit more. I promise, these guys are worth it.
Hope you enjoy the series and thank you for the support.
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The massive LEATHERBACK sea turtle can be found in tropical and temperate waters around the world. They are listed as critically endangered and face enormous pressure from both egg harvesting and from the fishing industry, where they are sometimes caught as bycatch.
Here are couple groups working to ensure the future of the LEATHERBACK. FFI / the Leatherback Trust / WCS
ON THE EDGE is a series featuring creatures with one foot precariously dangling over that great gully of extinction, who now unfortunately must look to us to tug them back onto stable ground.
If you are even slightly intrigued by any of the animals in this collection, please, follow the links and learn a bit more. I promise, these guys are worth it.
Hope you enjoy the series and thank you for the support.
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THE CHIRU, which makes its home on the Tibetan Plateau, is Endangered due to relentless poaching for its soft, fine wool, known as shahtoosh,
Here are a couple groups working to ensure the CHIRU’s future… WWF / WCS
ON THE EDGE is a series featuring creatures with one foot precariously dangling over that great gully of extinction, who now unfortunately must look to us to tug them back onto stable ground.
If you are even slightly intrigued by any of the animals in this collection, please, follow the links and learn a bit more. I promise, these guys are worth it.
Hope you enjoy the series and thank you for the support.
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This photo just made my week. Here is a bit more on the project.
A new puzzle for McSweeney’s column for children, THE GOODS. Spot the Impostor species!!
I was very pleased to recently have my work featured in THE GOODS, a weekly column for children presented by McSweeney’s, which runs in the SF Chronicle and a few other small papers around the country. The issue, which featured 5 facts about the critically endangered Sumatran Rhinoceros, was edited by the very funny Mac Barnett.
