Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap around the head and mouth, damaging the baleen of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglem...

Nick Hawkins / Fishing ropes wrap over the blowhole of a severely entangled North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. Fishing gear entanglement is a leading cause of dea...

Nick Hawkins / Head of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) showing callosities, patches of roughened skin that are unique to each whale. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Inaki Relanzon / Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) at sunset. Previously extinct in the wild, their conservation status is now stable thanks to conservation efforts.This male is part of a reintroduction program in Dubai, U...

Ann & Steve Toon / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis), Namib Desert, Namibia, April

Robert Valentic / Striped legless lizard (Delma impar). Reedesdale, Victoria, Australia. Grassland species accorded endangered status in Victoria.

Staffan Widstrand / African lion, (Panthera leo) watched by a herd of African buffalo / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Conservation status: Vulnerable.

Nick Hawkins / Severley damaged tail of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), the result of a ship strike. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. July

Nick Hawkins / Entanglement scars from fishing gear on the tail of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Nick Hawkins / Severley damaged tail of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), the result of a ship strike. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Nick Hawkins / Entanglement scars from fishing gear on the tail of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. August

Nick Hawkins / The unique v-shaped blow of a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) created by the two nostrils being set at angles to eachother. Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. IUCN Status: Endangered. Ju...