Species Explorer

Veronica acinifolia

French Speedwell (Veronica acinifolia) is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized sandy, disturbed ground habitats. The species faces severe pressure from agricultural intensification, urban development, and changes in land management practices that have eliminated or altered the ephemeral, nutrient-poor soils it requires for survival.

Melitaea arduinna

Hipparchia fatua

Potamogeton friesii

Fries' Pondweed faces severe decline primarily due to habitat degradation and loss of suitable freshwater environments. Water pollution, eutrophication from agricultural runoff, and physical disturbance of aquatic habitats have dramatically reduced available habitat for this critically endangered aquatic plant.

Boloria frigga

Frigga's Fritillary faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized bog and wetland ecosystems. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the hydrology and plant communities of these sensitive habitats, while the species' limited dispersal ability makes it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions.

Swartzia oraria

Swartzia oraria faces severe threats primarily from habitat destruction due to deforestation and agricultural expansion in its limited range in Costa Rica. The species has an extremely restricted distribution, making it highly vulnerable to any habitat loss or degradation. Urban development and infrastructure projects further fragment the remaining suitable habitat.

Osmia pilicornis

The Fringe Horned Mason Bee faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized nesting sites in coastal areas. Agricultural intensification, urban development, and changes in land management practices have eliminated much of the species' required habitat, while climate change may be altering the availability of suitable nesting conditions and food plants.

Pyriglena atra

The Fringe-backed Fire-eye is primarily threatened by extensive deforestation and habitat fragmentation throughout its range in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Agricultural expansion, urbanization, and logging have severely reduced and isolated remaining forest patches, making populations vulnerable to local extinctions.

Utricularia simulans

Fringed Bladderwort (Utricularia simulans) is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized wetland environments. The species is restricted to very few locations with specific water chemistry and hydrological conditions, making it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbance.

Encalypta ciliata

Fringed Extinguisher-moss faces severe decline due to habitat loss from agricultural expansion, urban development, and changes in land use practices that alter the specific microhabitat conditions this species requires. Climate change and atmospheric pollution further threaten the delicate moisture and chemical balance necessary for moss survival.

Nephroma helveticum

Fringed Kidney Lichen (Nephroma helveticum) is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of old-growth forests where it depends on specific microclimate conditions. Air pollution, particularly nitrogen deposition and acid rain, severely impacts this pollution-sensitive species. Climate change further threatens its survival by altering the cool, humid conditions essential for its growth.

Peltigera degenii

Frog Pelt Lichen (Peltigera degenii) is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized forest ecosystems. Air pollution, particularly nitrogen deposition and acid rain, severely impacts this pollution-sensitive species. Climate change further threatens the cool, humid conditions this lichen requires for survival.

Atriplex laciniata

Russula queletii

Cynops fudingensis

The Fuding Fire-bellied Newt faces severe threats primarily from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion, urban development, and infrastructure construction in its extremely limited range in Fujian Province, China. Water pollution from agricultural runoff and industrial activities further degrades the aquatic habitats essential for this species' survival. Climate change and the species' extremely small population size make it highly vulnerable to extinction.

Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni

Maro sublestus

Drepanotylus uncatus

Drepanotylus uncatus faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited range. Climate change is altering the microhabitat conditions this specialized spider requires, while pollution from agricultural runoff degrades the quality of its wetland breeding sites.

Oedothorax gibbosus

Hypselistes jacksoni

Primary threats include habitat fragmentation from coastal development and the introduction of invasive plant species that alter the structural complexity of its web-building sites. Climate-induced changes in precipitation patterns are also disrupting the delicate moisture balance required for successful reproduction and prey capture.

Marsupella funckii

Formica pressilabris

Pissodes validirostris

Phellodon confluens

Eudolus quadriguttatus

The fyrfläckig dyngbagge (Eudolus quadriguttatus) is declining primarily due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and changes in livestock management practices. The species depends on traditional pastoral systems with grazing animals that produce the dung necessary for its life cycle, but modern farming methods have reduced the availability of suitable breeding substrates.

Agonopterix quadripunctata

Agonopterix quadripunctata faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized host plant environments. The species' narrow ecological requirements and limited distribution make it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and human activities that alter its breeding and feeding habitats.

Pogonocherus decoratus

Pogonocherus decoratus, a longhorn beetle species, faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized forest ecosystems. The species' dependence on specific host trees and old-growth forest conditions makes it particularly vulnerable to logging, forest fragmentation, and changes in forest management practices.

Bagous limosus

Pilosella dichotoma

Walckenaeria furcillata

Gagea pratensis

Gagea pratensis faces severe decline primarily due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development of its grassland habitats. The species is particularly vulnerable to changes in traditional land management practices that maintained the open, nutrient-poor grasslands it requires for survival.

Galium rotundifolium

Galium thiebautii

Galium thiebautii faces severe threats from habitat destruction and degradation due to urban development, agricultural expansion, and invasive plant species in its limited range. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions from human activities and environmental changes.

Starksia galapagensis

Lythrypnus gilberti

Odontoscion eurymesops

Umbrina galapagorum

Dialommus fuscus

Laterallus spilonotus

Xyrichtys victori

Quassiremus evionthas

Lepidonectes corallicola

Epirrhoe galiata

Protodontia piceicola

Oedipina complex

The Gamboa Worm Salamander faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat destruction from deforestation and urban development in its limited range around the Panama Canal area. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to local environmental changes and habitat fragmentation.

Cussonia gamtoosensis

Platanista gangetica

Dam construction (Koshi Barrage, Narayani barrages) fragments river habitat and prevents seasonal migrations. Bycatch in fishing nets, sand mining destroying deep pool habitat, pollution from agricultural runoff and urban waste, and declining fish stocks. Threats are intensifying.

Hygrocybe helobia

Philautus garo

Tricholoma inamoenum

Tricholoma inamoenum, the Gassy Knight mushroom, faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss from deforestation and land conversion in its native European range. Climate change is altering the delicate soil and moisture conditions required for this mycorrhizal species to form essential partnerships with host trees. Pollution and soil contamination further threaten the specialized forest ecosystems this rare fungus depends upon.