We all know there's a new Endangered Species Act on the table, and that the outcome is probably not going to be good for animals current considered endangered.
But did you know you can comment on the policy at an official government website (regulations.gov) and have your voice heard by Congress?
We're all angry about this change, so let's DO something about it!
Amphibians are an important component of the global ecosystem, as indicators of environmental health and contributors to human health. They watched the dinosaurs come and go, but today almost half of them are themselves threatened with extinction. Addressing the amphibian extinction crisis represents the greatest species conservation challenge in the
Experts on Thursday released their list of the 25 most endangered primates, using the poster children to drive home a bigger point: Of the world’s 394 primate species, 114 are classified as threatened with extinction due to habitat destruction, the sale of their meat as human food and the trade in illegal wildlife. 
"Time is running out. We have less than two years to save the last 40,000 wild orangutans from extinction," Smits said during an interview in the German port city of Hamburg, pointing that there were once more than three million of the apes. Smits is on a promotion tour of his book Think of the Jungle which he co-authored with German journalist Gerd Schuster. The spectacular pictures illustrating the text were taken by Indian-born photographer Jay Ullal.
Last year, studies shown that there are at least 35 different animals with world populations of under 1000. But which are the rarest, the animals on the brink of extinction?
Animals extinct in the past century
Gorillas, vultures, hammerhead sharks and other such animals have made an entry into the 2007 "Red List" of endangered species of animals and plants issued by the World Conservation Union on Wednesday. According to the union, about 16,306 species are endangered and this is an increase from 16,119 in 2006.
Nearly 200 animals and plants have been added to a global database of threatened species, the World Conservation Union announced Wednesday, adding that the number is certainly on the low end.
From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened with extinction, the group said in releasing its annual Red List.
"The rate of biodiversity loss is increasing, and we need to act now to significantly reduce it and stave off this global extinction crisis," Julia Marton-Lefèvre, the group's director general, said in a statement.
The Center for Biological Diversity, Palouse Prairie Foundation, Palouse Audubon Society, and Friends of the Clearwater yesterday took the first step in a lawsuit to protect the giant Palouse earthworm (Driloleirus americanus) - a three-foot long, spitting worm that is native to parts of Idaho and Washington - under the Endangered Species Act.
The worm was once common but has been seen only a handful of times in the past 30 years.
The groups filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in August 2006 to list the giant Palouse earthworm as an endangered species.
South American pink dolphins are thought to be descendants of marine mammals that migrated into the Orinoco River from the Atlantic Ocean about 50 million years ago. About 100,000 years ago, another species – the gray marine dolphin – is believed to have adapted to the Orinoco and Amazon.
The Recent Slaughter of the Animals Has Brought Their Plight to the Forefront.
The rare and endangered mountain gorilla is considered the gentle giant of the African jungle.
So, the discovery last week of four slaughtered gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo was devastating to those who protect them.
