Common name : blue shark
Scientific name : Prionace glauca
Length : 3.8 m
Weight : approximately 200 kg (400 lb)
Population : unknown
Distribution : in tropical, subtropical and temperate ocean waters
Issue : excessive exploitation
IUCN Red List status : near threatened

Common name: Leatherback Turtle
Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea
Length: 1.4 to 1.6 m
Weight: 300 to 900 kg (660 to 2,000 lb)
Population: estimated at approximately 25,000
Distribution: worldwide, from tropical oceans to subpolar seas; egg-laying sites on tropical beaches
Issue: overexploitation of eggs, disturbance of egg-laying sites, fishing equipment, plastic pollution, overfishing
IUCN Red List status: critically endangered

Common name: humpback whale
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
Length: 12 to 15 metres
Weight: 36,200 kg or 80,000 lb
Population: approximately 60,000 individuals
Distribution: all ice-free oceans
Issue: species recovering from over-hunting
IUCN Red List status: least concern

Common name: Red-footed Booby
Scientific name: Sula sula
Length: 70 cm on average, wingspan of about 1 m
Weight: 900 to 1,003 g (about 2 lb)
Population: abundant
Distribution: tropical islands worldwide, significant population in the Galapagos Islands
Issue: habitat destruction, overfishing, over-harvesting of eggs, invasive species
IUCN Red List status: least concern

Common name: Laysan Duck
Scientific name: Anas laysanensis
Length: 41 cm
Weight: 435 g (1 lb)
Population: approximately 1,000 individuals
Distribution: Midway and Laysan atolls, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Issue: reduced and fluctuating population in an extremely limited habitat, invasive species
IUCN Red List status: critically endangered

Common name: Orinoco Crocodile
Scientific name: Crocodylus intermedius
Length: 5 meters (can reach up to 7 meters)
Weight: 380 kg (840 lbs.) for males, 200 kg (440 lbs.) for females
Population: Between 250 and 1,500 individuals in the wild
Distribution: In the Orinoco River, in Colombia and in Venezuela
Issue: Severe population fragmentation (isolation), overexploitation – for their meat, their teeth (for their believed medicinal properties) and their eggs
IUCN Red List status: Critically Endangered

Common name: Grandidier’s Baobab
Scientific name: Adansonia grandidieri
Height: 30 meters
Diameter: 7.5 meters
Population: The famous “Avenue of the Baobabs” has less than 30 trees, and about 20 to 25 more are scattered in the area.
Distribution: In central western Madagascar
Issue: Slow reproduction, overexploitation for its seeds, its fruits and its oil, fire, seed predation, climate change, habitat degradation, isolation
IUCN Red List status: Endangered

Common name: White Ferula Mushroom
Scientific name: Pleurotus nebrodensis
Height: 5 to 20 centimeters
Color: Creamy white, yellowish
Population: Less than 250 reach maturity each year
Distribution: In the Madonie Mountains, in northern Sicily (Italy), at an altitude of 1,200 to 2,000 metres
Issue: Overexploitation (because it is delicious)
IUCN Red List status: Critically endangered

Common names: Saker Falcon
Scientific name: Falco cherrug
Size: 45 cm for males, 55 cm for females
Weight: 730 to 1300 g.
Population: 13,000-27,000 breeding pairs
Distribution: wide range across the Palearctic region from eastern Europe to western China
Issues: overexploitation
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable

Common names: Sun bear
Scientific name: Helarctos malayanus
Size: 1.2 to 1.5 m.
Weight: 27 to 65 kg.
Population: unknown (in decline)
Distribution: mainland Southeast Asia
Issues: Habitats destruction, overexploitation
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable

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