A species at risk of extinction because of a significant decline in its population or habitat.

A species likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.

Removing individuals from a population faster than the population can reproduce.

A species with a very specific niche, vulnerable to environmental changes.

A species that can adapt to various conditions and has a broad niche.

Specific geographic areas that are essential for the conservation of a listed species.

Species with high reproductive rates, many offspring, and low survival rates.

Species with low reproductive rates, few offspring, and high survival rates.

Illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, often for trade.

A species that only survives in captivity or other human-controlled environments.

To protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.

Prohibits interstate transport of illegally harvested plants and animals.

International agreement to control trade in endangered species.

Listing species as 'endangered' or 'threatened,' designating 'critical habitat,' prohibiting harming listed species and trade, and authorizing habitat purchases and recovery plans.

It can restrict development and other activities in areas designated as critical habitat for listed species.

To outline specific actions needed to help a listed species recover and eventually be removed from the endangered or threatened list.

To identify and protect the specific areas essential for the conservation of a listed species.

Prohibits harming, harassing, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing, or collecting listed species.

Agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

Prohibits the take of marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and regulates the import of marine mammals and marine mammal products.

A species at risk of extinction because of a significant decrease in its population or a loss of its critical habitat.

Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Removing individuals from a population faster than the population can reproduce, leading to population decline.

Specific geographic areas that contain features essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and that may require special management and protection.

A species that can thrive only in a narrow range of environmental conditions or has a limited diet.

A species that is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources.

Species that produce many offspring, have a high reproductive rate, and a low survival rate.

Species that produce few offspring, have a low reproductive rate, and a high survival rate.

The illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of wild animals or plants, typically associated with land use rights.

The destruction or degradation of natural habitats, rendering them unable to support the species that once lived there.