endangered species
noun
: a species threatened with extinction
broadly
: anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened
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The raptor was taken off the endangered species list in 2007 as conservation efforts led to a population surge.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 July 2025
And so in 1975, the US Fish and Wildlife Service placed grizzly bears on the endangered species list, the country’s most powerful legal mechanism to stave off extinction.
—Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Hence, the eastern hellbender should be added to the endangered species list, says Hill.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
But dams throughout the watershed had robbed the fish of valuable habitat, and invasive small-mouth bass preyed on the chub, putting it on the endangered species list.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 July 2025
And so in 1975, the US Fish and Wildlife Service placed grizzly bears on the endangered species list, the country’s most powerful legal mechanism to stave off extinction.
—Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Hence, the eastern hellbender should be added to the endangered species list, says Hill.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
But dams throughout the watershed had robbed the fish of valuable habitat, and invasive small-mouth bass preyed on the chub, putting it on the endangered species list.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Endangered species.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endangered%20species. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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