The Florida manatee is an ovine creature content to roam the depths of southern waterways at a leisurely three to five miles per hour. And yet, it is the fast-paced, no holds barred lifestyle of humans that proves the manatee’s greatest threat to existence.

Monkey grinders are so 20th century. In Russia, the new animal troubadours are acrobatic cats and their equally dynamic trainers.

While the African leopard is one of the most widely recognized creatures in Africa, its days may be numbered. Thanks to habitat loss, fragmentation and conflicts with nomadic farmers, the exotic feline may soon qualify for Vulnerable status.