How to Use endangered species in a Sentence

endangered species

noun
  • The male pop star has sometimes seemed like an endangered species over the last decade or so.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
  • How would the changes impact endangered species and their habitats?
    — Connor Greene, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Does this mean human Uber drivers are on the endangered species list?
    — Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • But true wing-backs are an endangered species in an era of the game that favours more traditional full-backs.
    — Carl Anka, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Missing animals and an endangered species' death have rocked the zoo.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Gray whales were removed from the endangered species list in 1994.
    — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But in 1999, they were removed from the endangered species list.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 6 May 2024
  • The species was added to the added to the list of threatened and endangered species in 1967.
    — Anna M. Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • But other scientists say there’s a steep price to keeping them on the endangered species list.
    — The New York Times Elaine Chen Emily Anthes, New York Times, 18 May 2023
  • That’s a testament to their recovery as a species, which was once on the endangered species list.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2021
  • The team also found dozens of rare and endangered species, some not known to occur anywhere else on Earth.
    — Annie Roth, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Hence, the eastern hellbender should be added to the endangered species list, says Hill.
    — Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
  • In 1967, it was added to the federal list of endangered species.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The success of this project is a harbinger of good things for other endangered species, experts say.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • The Rangers need to reverse the trend before the double becomes an endangered species.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • This allows the zoo to improve the chances of successful mating and boost the numbers of the endangered species.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The bald eagle was removed from the list of threatened or endangered species in 2007.
    — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • As of 2016, the giant panda has been removed from the endangered species list.
    — Kelly Bowman, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • In 2016, the giant panda was taken off the list of endangered species.
    — Mahika Gupta, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Now, protected by both the federal and state endangered species acts, wolves are making a comeback.
    — Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In her last years, Jessie’s mother had been preoccupied with the plight of a series of endangered species.
    — Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The young chimp’s move is the first in a series of changes at both institutions that will eventually lead to the growth of the endangered species.
    — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The bobcat was recognized as an endangered species in the state until 2005.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The sighting of a baby killer whale in British Columbia has given researchers a sign of hope for the endangered species.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The eastern north Pacific gray whale was removed from the endangered species list in 1994.
    — Amanda Zhou, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • But the northern hairy-nosed wombat is a distinct and critically endangered species that stands apart from its more common relatives.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Ingram says this rebound is more likely a result of sea turtles being added to the endangered species list in the 1970s.
    — Rebekah Castor, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • White says the birth is a sign of hope for the endangered species, which is threatened by hunting and habitat loss in its native Papua New Guinea.
    — Nell Lewis; Video By Sandy Thin, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In 2023, Interior added the chickens back on the endangered species list.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 16 May 2025
  • The state bounty was active until 1975, the same year the massasauga was placed on the Wisconsin list of endangered species.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022

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