Endangered Species Day 16 May 2025

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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24 Apr 2025Spire Cove in Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, Alaska, United States
17 Mar 2024Saint Patricks Day
26 Aug 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
A pink moon over Arizona
4 Jun 2024Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Bardia National Park, Nepal
Holding back the tide
Spiralling upward...
23 Feb 2025Mount Fuji Day
25 Apr 2025World Penguin Day
28 Oct 2023Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
26 Sep 2024Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
A glimpse of the grandest of canyons
5 May 2024Happy Cinco de Mayo!
We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
27 Jun 2025Splendid leaf frog
23 Dec 2025Reindeer, Lapland, Finland
16 Oct 2024Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England
A bridge that holds up history
16 Oct 2025Eurasian lynx
Tune into International Jazz Day
4 Dec 2025International Cheetah Day
15 Jul 2025Perseid meteor shower over Nevada, United States
24 Jan 2025Thorrablot: The Icelandic midwinter festival
If these walls could talk...
11 Aug 2024Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
29 Nov 2025Red deer stag in De Hoge Veluwe National Park, Netherlands
6 Nov 2024Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, United States
2 Oct 2023World Architecture Day
9 Jul 2025Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
29 Jul 2025International Tiger Day