Introduction to Life Sciences – Week 8 Assignment

Endangered Species

Use the UN’s Redlist website: https://www.iucnredlist.org/, US Fish and Wildlife Service website (https://www.fws.gov/endangered/) or your local state agency (https://www.fws.gov/offices/statelinks.html) for listings of extinct, endangered, and threatened species. Choose an example of each (extinct, endangered and threatened species) to discuss. Research and identify the specific factors contributing to the designation. Are recovery plans in place? If so, what are the main features of these plans?

Your assignment should be 500 words in length.