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pygmy sloth

The pint-sized pygmy sloth found only on one island in the world

14 March 2018

This adorable sloth is almost half the size of its mainland sibling and is found only on Escudo de Veraguas, off the coast of Panama, but it's critically endangered
Climate change threatens iconic wildlife like the Sundarbans tigers

We could lose 40,000 species by 2100 due to climate change

14 March 2018

If we don’t limit global warming, tens of thousands of species like tigers could disappear from famous habitats like the Amazon rainforest and Galapagos islands

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