endangered list
noun
: a list of plant and animal species that are protected by law because there are very few of them
Two more species have been added to the endangered list.
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Some homebuilders have said adding animals to the endangered list and other regulations pose challenges for the production of new housing.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
International Union for Conservation of Nature removed pandas from its endangered list in 2016, but Chinese officials rejected the determination for several more years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
But blue whales, humpbacks, and fin whales are on the endangered list, and the Northern right whale is just about extinct – only about 350 of them are left on Earth.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Gray wolves were listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1974 and added to the state's endangered list in 1980, according to WDFW.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 16 July 2024
According to the Durango Herald, the bill would re-issue a Trump-era rule that removed wolves in the Lower 48 from the endangered list before it was struck down by a federal judge in Oakland, California in 2022.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 May 2024
The city was almost put on UNESCO’s endangered list last year.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
Solving the mystery of a human jawbone found in an Arizona boy’s rock collection.
Pets and wildlife
The Mojave desert tortoise officially joins California’s endangered list.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
In late 2020, gray wolves were taken off the federal endangered list.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
International Union for Conservation of Nature removed pandas from its endangered list in 2016, but Chinese officials rejected the determination for several more years.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
But blue whales, humpbacks, and fin whales are on the endangered list, and the Northern right whale is just about extinct – only about 350 of them are left on Earth.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
Gray wolves were listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1974 and added to the state's endangered list in 1980, according to WDFW.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 16 July 2024
According to the Durango Herald, the bill would re-issue a Trump-era rule that removed wolves in the Lower 48 from the endangered list before it was struck down by a federal judge in Oakland, California in 2022.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 May 2024
The city was almost put on UNESCO’s endangered list last year.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
Solving the mystery of a human jawbone found in an Arizona boy’s rock collection.
Pets and wildlife
The Mojave desert tortoise officially joins California’s endangered list.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
In late 2020, gray wolves were taken off the federal endangered list.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Endangered list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endangered%20list. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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