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endangered

[en-deyn-jerd] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒərd /
ADJECTIVE
imperiled
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Eels bred in captivity will be sold in Japanese shops for the first time, in a move that could ease eventually pressure on the endangered fish, officials said Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

To combat this, the Shropshire Mammal Group has been tracking the endangered species using the boxes, funded by a £1,500 grant from Shropshire Hills National Landscape.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Rather than being classified as extinct, the plant has now been moved to the critically endangered list, allowing scientists and conservation groups to focus on protecting it.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The facility will also house a conservation center for endangered objects and paper archives, and will feature a digitization and imaging lab that will make the collections available online, free of charge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Who knows, we might even acknowledge the fragility and vulnerability that always accompany high specialization in biology, and movements might start up for the protection of ourselves as a valuable, endangered species.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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