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A male two-headed plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) from Clay Center, Nebraska. This individual was photographed at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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A male two-headed plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) from Clay Center, Nebraska. This individual was photographed at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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A male two-headed plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) from Clay Center, Nebraska. This individual was photographed at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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A male two-headed plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) from Clay Center, Nebraska. This individual was photographed at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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A male two-headed plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) from Clay Center, Nebraska. This individual was photographed at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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A male two-headed plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) from Clay Center, Nebraska. This individual was photographed at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) at the Snobird Unit of the Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) at the Snobird Unit of the Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Endangered conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) at the Snobird Unit of the Merced National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Federally endangered longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna) at the Kesterson Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Federally endangered longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna) at the Kesterson Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Federally endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp, Lepidurus packardi, at the Kesterson Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Federally endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp, Lepidurus packardi, at the Kesterson Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.

These rare shrimp have an accelerated life cycle, going from eggs in dry soil to hatching, to adult to egg laying, all in just a few months before the pool goes dry.

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Male and female Eiselt’s pond turtles (Emys orbicularis eiselti) photographed at Turtle Island, a turtle research and conservation center.

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A Bulwer’s pheasant (Lophura bulweri) named Mrs. Bulwer, at Al Bustan Zoological Centre in the United Arab Emirates.

This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. This is the last known female in captivity. She is twenty-two years old.

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A Bulwer’s pheasant (Lophura bulweri) named Mrs. Bulwer, at Al Bustan Zoological Centre in the United Arab Emirates.

This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. This is the last known female in captivity. She is twenty-two years old.

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An elderly female Bulwer’s pheasant (Lophura bulweri) named Mrs. Bulwer, at Al Bustan Zoological Centre in the United Arab Emirates.

This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. This is the last known female in captivity. She is twenty-two years old.

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An elderly female Bulwer’s pheasant (Lophura bulweri) named Mrs. Bulwer, at Al Bustan Zoological Centre in the United Arab Emirates.

This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. This is the last known female in captivity. She is twenty-two years old.

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A critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla namedAmahoro (Gorilla beringei graueri) photographed at the Antwerp Zoo (Zoo Antwerpen) in Antwerp, Belgium.
Amahoro is 32 at the time of this photo.

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A critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla namedAmahoro (Gorilla beringei graueri) photographed at the Antwerp Zoo (Zoo Antwerpen) in Antwerp, Belgium.
Amahoro is 32 at the time of this photo.

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A federally endangered, female Neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis annectens) at the Summit Municipal Park in Gamboa, Panama.

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An endangered white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) at Quistococha Zoo in Iquitos, Peru.

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An endangered white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) at Quistococha Zoo in Iquitos, Peru.

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An endangered white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) at Quistococha Zoo in Iquitos, Peru.

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An endangered white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) at Quistococha Zoo in Iquitos, Peru.

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South African crowned crane (Balearica regulorum regulorum) at Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

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An endangered silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii) photographed at Amazon Shelter, a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release center in Tambopata, Peru.

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An endangered silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii) photographed at Amazon Shelter, a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release center in Tambopata, Peru.

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El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). This insect was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population of less than 100 individuals was discovered in the early 2000s.

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The Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 205 adults in the summer of 2010, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development. (US: Endangered)

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A federally endangered Karner blue butterfly larva, Lycaeides melissa samuelis.

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An endangered male yellow-tailed dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus dimorphicus) at Josh’s Frogs in Michigan.

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An endangered male yellow-tailed dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus dimorphicus) at Josh’s Frogs in Michigan.

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An endangered male yellow-tailed dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus dimorphicus) at Josh’s Frogs in Michigan.

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An endangered juvenile Barbour’s least gecko (Sphaerodactylus torrei) at Josh’s Frogs in Michigan.
This is a three-month-old.

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An endangered juvenile Barbour’s least gecko (Sphaerodactylus torrei) at Josh’s Frogs in Michigan.
This is a three-month-old.

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