When the Center suspects that a species needs Endangered Species Act protection, our scientists study the species to check — and to determine whether it needs “threatened” or the more protective “endangered” status.
When the Center suspects that a species needs Endangered Species Act protection, our scientists study the species to check — and to determine whether it needs “threatened” or the more protective “endangered” status. ( Endangered species are plants and animals so rare they’re in danger of becoming extinct; threatened species are plants and animals likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.)