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Endangered sea turtles are becoming stranded on Massachusetts' Cape Cod shores so frequently that they are on track to break records.

The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark - from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat....

Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.

Great White Sharks are now even more endangered than tigers, according to a leading marine biologist.