species
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They are listed as near-threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
The winter-run Chinook is endangered, while the spring-run is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Species including Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Neanderthals likely had increasingly strong right-hand preferences, eventually leading to the extreme dominance seen in modern humans.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
When disease and weather kill cattle at about one thousand times the rate of wolves, struggling ranchers clearly have much bigger concerns than the Endangered Species Act.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
In Florida the birds were strictly protected as a Species of Special Concern, so their presence on the Mother Paula’s site would have created serious legal problems—and a public-relations disaster—if it had become widely known.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
Vocabulary lists containing species
Tyrannosaurus Lex(icon)
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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