a former employee at the Australian Reptile Park who brought the spiders to the researchers’ attention. The conservation status of the Sydney funnel-web hasn’t been assessed on the IUCN Red List.

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In the middle of Tasmania sits a 5,000-hectare property once used for sheep grazing. But when the sheep farmers left, an ...

“Spider monkeys are illegal. You cannot possess them,” Madera County Animal Services Director Amy Toler told the outlet. “It is on the endangered species list. Definitely can’t have them ...

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It wasn't immediately clear what type of spider monkey the animal was but various species of spider monkeys ... Union for Conservation of Nature red list. The Missouri monkey was found just ...

While this spider species is not on our list of the 23 most endangered spider species, it is worth noting that many local populations can be threatened. The yellow banana spider is quite distinct from ...

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