/r/EndangeredSpecies
Are you a supporter of endangered species? Interested in learning more about them? This subreddit is dedicated to all aspects of endangered species. From fun facts to serious issues anything related to the critters or plants in trouble is open to discussion.
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A community for sharing and discussing news about endangered species with the aim of protecting species and their habitats from extinction through knowledge. We view this statement in its broadest sense. Feel free to discuss and post all aspects of species loss; from potentially threatened to critical, all forms of life, and the large range of opinions concerning conservation techniques. We value all forms of knowledge and perspective and hope you join us in the conversation.
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Three rare and endangered mussel species discovered in the heart of Paris
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Return of the red goshawk
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Thousands of endangered tortoises rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary floods
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Landmark Litigation to Protect African Penguin from Extinction
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Forty-one new flora and fauna species added to Australia's threatened list
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Looking for citizen scientists to help process our drone imagery to aid in Marine Iguana conservation
We are Iguanasfromabove, a university research project concerned with conserving the Galapagos Marine Iguana, and we're currently looking for passionate citizen scientists to help us process our data!
Our main project goal is establishing a more accurate population census of the Galapagos Marine Iguana, to more adequately assess it's conservation risks, especially in response to more novel ecological threats like the increased severity of El Nino storms hitting the archipelago. We're currently trying to achieve this through the (already completed) use of drone imaging of the entire island chain, and the subsequent processing of said images to count the total number of marine iguanas at time of capture. And this is where you come in!
While we are planning to automate the iguana identification process in the future, we're currently still reliant on manual input to parse through our massive collection of images. Our passionate volunteers have already classified 332.248 individual images this way! However, we still have a mountain of work ahead of us, and every friendly new helping hand goes a long way to completing this phase of our project on schedule. If you're interested and would like to participate , and enjoy an areal view of Galapagos from the comfort of your own home, or just learn more about what we do, head over to our Zooniverse page here:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/andreavarela89/iguanas-from-above
Thank you for your time and attention, any questions you may have can of course also be directed at us directly on this account!
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Florida Manatees Denied Endangered Species Protections Despite ‘Ongoing Die-Off
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Back from the brink: Golden lion tamarin
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