Red Listed: New Study Finds One-Fifth of World's Vertebrates Are at Risk

A 2010 study of IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, found that one-fifth of the world's vertebrates (animals with backbones) are threatened with extinction. Meet some of the marine vertebrate species, like this Hawaiian monk seal, that are threatened or endangered.

 

Hawaiian monk seal comes ashore
John Johnson/Marine Photobank

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these were not hard

these were not hard

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 8:57pm.

it is soooooo cute!!!!!!

it is soooooo cute!!!!!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 8:55pm.

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