Pangolins are unfortunately the most trafficked mammal on the planet. As both an arboreal and ground-dwelling species, these small mammals live throughout sub-Saharan Africa as well as Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. Their distinguishing feature is an armor of overlapping scales made from keratin...

A warming climate has led to sea ice melting earlier and freezing later over the last few decades, and polar bears that use the ice to hunt seals are forced to go without food for long periods of time. Less sea ice also means these bears are forced to come on land where there is greater possibility for human-polar bear conflict.

The Narwhals are one of only two species of toothed whales that inhabit waters above the Arctic Circle (67oN) year round. They are purely Arctic whales. Most narwhals make long annual migrations from high Arctic summering grounds to offshore wintering grounds where they spend the winter in dense sea ice...

The Red Panda Likely named “panda” due to their facial markings that closely resemble those of giant panda bears, red pandas aren’t actually bears, but are smaller mammals more closely related to raccoons. These animals are the last living members of their taxonomic family, and are only found in a narrow strip of the Eastern Himalayas and Southwestern China. Most biologists think that red pandas have their distinctive coloration to help them blend in with the lichens and mosses that are common in their high elevation environments. Red pandas primarily feed on bamboo, but will also eat flowers, berries and...

Hyacinth macaws are mainly found in the Pantanal region of Brazil. In the 1980s, these parrots came close to extinction! Due to habitat loss and illegal trade, its population had been reduced to about 2,500 birds. 

Due to their highly specialized tree-canopy lifestyle, sloths do not adapt well to environmental change. Hazards such as power line electrocutions, dog attacks, road traffic collisions, genetic isolation and human poaching mean their numbers in the wild are quickly decreasing.