Task: Saving Our Endangered Species

Task Description

Biodiversity refers to the many species of plants and animals that live and interact in the various biomes of the Earth. As a result of human actions, many of these species are today threatened with extinction. Your task is to select a plant or animal species that is classified as endangered, conduct research, and to present a report on your blog about this endangered species. In your report you must provide information on the following:

• Describe the climate and physical terrain of the biome in which this species is found.
• Explain how this species interacts with its ecosystem. What does it consume, and what does it produce in this ecosystem? How would the ecosystem be affected if this species became extinct?
  
• Explain what are the main factors threatening this species.
  
• Outline the measures that we (humans) need to take in order to preserve this species.

You can improve the presentation of your report by including pictures of the species in its native habitat and graphs of it population trends, etc. It is important that you reference your source material at the end of your report and provide hyperlinks to web references.