Endangered Species Day 16 May 2025

Endangered Species Day

Each year on the third Friday of May, people worldwide recognise Endangered Species Day—a day to celebrate, learn about and act on behalf of at-risk wildlife. First launched in 2006 by the Endangered Species Coalition and conservationist David Robinson, this event inspires local and global efforts to protect threatened animals and their habitats.

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Today in History

Serene waters on a trembling earth
Owl be seeing you
16 May 2024International Day of Light

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19 Sep 2023Splügen Pass, Switzerland
Living in harmony
7 Mar 2024Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
Santa slalom
16 Jan 2026Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
20 Nov 2025World in Progress by artist Saype in Geneva, Switzerland
Germanys green heart
1 Aug 2025Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A remote oasis in Texas
14 Jan 2024Whooper swans
5 Jan 2024International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
11 Nov 2023Val di Funes, Italy
26 Feb 2025Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland
11 Oct 2024Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
22 Sep 2025Autumn equinox
24 May 2025European Day of Parks
24 Oct 2024Bodie State Historic Park, California, United States
26 Sep 2023Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California
The other great barrier reef
19 Aug 2024Huntington Beach Pier, California, USA
A right royal tradition
11 Jan 2026Blue walls of Chefchaouen, Morocco
6 Oct 2025Anshun Bridge, Chengdu, China
11 Jan 2024Eurasian lynx
Sep 8, 2023International Literacy Day
Magnificent moss, magnified
The bears of summer
22 Jul 2025Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
Aug 28, 2023Dubrovnik, Croatia
16 May 2025Endangered Species Day