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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Lighting the way
Taking a New Year nap
Like paint on a canvas
20 Dec 2024Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
27 Jan 2024Saint Paul Winter Carnival
Angry bird, doting dad
8 Apr 2024Llansteffan Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
28 Oct 2025The Gothic Gate in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, Czechia
Wind powered ice racing
10 Dec 2025Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
11 Feb 2026Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Blue as far as the eye can see
1 Oct 2023Lake Bled, Slovenia
28 Dec 202350 years of the Endangered Species Act
30 Jan 2026St Michaels Mount in Marazion, Cornwall, England
Southern tip of a northern isle
6 May 2025An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
A right royal tradition
22 Feb 2024Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
3 Jan 2026JRR Tolkien Day
29 Feb 2024Leap Day
3 May 2024The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
Protecting Earths biodiversity for everyone
25 Dec 2025Merry Christmas!
30 Dec 2024Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
7 Nov 2024Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves in the Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
5 Aug 2024Hertfordshire, England
29 Nov 2025Red deer stag in De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
23 Nov 2024Fibonacci Day
29 Jul 2025International Tiger Day