What is an endangered species?

At WWF, we talk a lot about ‘endangered species.’ But what, exactly, does it mean for a species to be endangered? This WWF Wild Classroom video walks through what makes a species endangered and why they need our help.
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Music and SFX: Freesound.org, FreeSFX, & Audio Network, “Deliberations” by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, & Ellie Kidd; “Sun and the Moon” by David Edward Holden
Icons, Photos, & Video: FreePNG, Videvo, Pond5, Shutterstock, NASA, © WWF-US/Rachel Stump, © Janae Bower, © Rebecca Weed, © WWF-US/Keith Arnold, © WWF/Yunaidi Joepoet, © Martin Harvey/WWF, © WWF-US/James Morgan, © Jacki Dickert, © Days Edge Productions/WWF-US, © John Van Den Hende, © WWF-US/Emily Vandenbosch, © Ola Jennersten/WWF-Sweden, © Antonio Busiello/WWF-US, © Wild Wonders of Europe/Sven Zacek/WWF, © Diane Lewis, © BBKSDA Riau/WWF-Indonesia, © Emmanuel Rondeau/WWF-US, © WWF-US/Clay Bolt, © Shutterstock/Robert Harding Video/WWF, © Jaime Rojo/WWF-US, © Luis Barreto/WWF-UK, © Sonja Ritter/WWF, © Aaron Gekoski/WWF-US, © Erika Schultz, © Green Renaissance/WWF, © WWF-UK/James Morgan.