Buffalo
Although the North American bison is often called a buffalo, true buffalo come from much warmer lands in Asia and Africa. Along with bison, buffalo belong to the scientific family Bovidae. Where buffalo...
Arabian Oryx
Oryx leucoryx In the vast deserts of the Middle East the oryx was hunted to extinction in the 1970s. It has now been reintroduced to the wild from captive herds bred in zoos.Arabian oryx live in small...
European Mink
Mustela lutreola Once widespread in Europe, native mink populations are now in rapid decline. The animal’s future is under threat both from humans and from the introduced American mink. Like its...
Giant Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca – Adopted as the emblem of the Worldwide Fund for Nature and popular the world over, the giant panda has come to symbolize endangered animals and efforts to save them. The...
Sea Otter
Enhydra lutris – Excessive hunting lead to the extermination of the sea otter from most of its range along north Pacific coasts. It recovered to about half its previous population levels through...
