ELEPHANT. GORILLA. LION. TIGER. WHALE. PANDA. WOLF. POLAR BEAR. RHINOCEROS. CHEETAH The giant panda is the great international symbol of wildlife conservation and its no longer considered to be endangered. Thats good news. The great apes however, are plummeting toward extinction. And what about the rest of them? The International Union for the Conservation of Nature keeps a Red List of Threatened Species. But what does that mean exactly? In this hour for next years Earth Day we break it down with stunning HD footage, maps, stats and the latest low-down on where and how our favorite animals are right now in 2017.