Prominent British actor Orlando Bloom supports butterfly preservation efforts in the UK through his sponsorship of the children’s book about butterflies, “Crystal, the Small Miracle,” written by his mother Sonia Copeland Bloom, dedicated to helping youth appreciate the wonderful world of insects.

http://www.france24.com/en/20110815-orlando-bloom-backs-butterfly-conservation-effort
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/orlando-bloom-backs-endangered-butterfly-campaign_1239764
http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/product/5508/crystal_the_small_miracle.html

Australian researchers report in August 2011 that the unique egg-laying platypus is increasingly at risk of extinction as climate change reduces the suitable cold and icy habitat needed by the mammal to survive.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02472.x/abstract
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/the-platypus-faces-extinction-as-australia-heats-up.php