This is half a month old but seems not many in the blogsphere take notice in this yet. It is common phenomenon that conservation efforts (and budgets) are mostly given to cute animals. But let's face this, the most ecologically important species are not necessarily appealing to us human.
On 31st January the Independent composed a (not complete) list of species which are at the brink of distinction and needs more attention.
Below are some illustrated descriptions of these ugly-but-need-care species. Without other specification, the photos are from Wikimedia Commons.
