Endangered Species Day May 17, 2024

Endangered Species Day

Today, on Endangered Species Day, we unite in a collective effort for conservation. Currently, there are over 44,000 species that are threatened with extinction. Among the world"s most endangered animals are Javan and black rhinos, mountain gorillas, and Hawksbill turtles.

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Today in History

May 17, 2018Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
May 17, 2019Work out on your way to work
May 17, 2020My my, it s Syttende Mai
May 17, 2021Happy Syttende Mai!
May 17, 2022Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
May 17, 2023Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
May 17, 2025A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy

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Mar 10, 2021Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
May 9, 2019An endless journey
Sep 7, 2023Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
Nov 13, 2023Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
Mar 10, 2025National Napping Day
May 29, 2025Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
Oct 11, 2020A monastery in the mountain
Aug 18, 2024Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
May 16, 2022Burrowing owls
Mar 5, 2020The desert blooms
Sep 11, 2020In honor of those we ve lost
Jan 1, 2026Happy New Year!
Jan 14, 2020Going head-to-head with winter
Mar 24, 2022Red squirrel
May 18, 2021International Museum Day
May 19, 2025Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California
Feb 27, 2022International Polar Bear Day
May 30, 2023Playa del Amor, Marietas Islands, Mexico
Jun 29, 2021An island hopper s paradise
Sep 28, 2021The snows of Fuji
Mar 18, 2018Christmas Tree Point Road and Twin Peaks, San Francisco
Oct 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
Apr 3, 2025National Find a Rainbow Day
Dec 13, 2018Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
Feb 16, 2018Dragon dance performed in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Dec 11, 2023International Mountain Day
Sep 9, 2025A Eurasian red squirrel in Switzerland
Jan 27, 2025Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Jan 29, 2023Blackbird in Essex, England
Mar 6, 2025Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada