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Officially Gone: Slender-Billed Curlew, Once-Widespread Migratory Bird, Declared Extinct By IUCN
The list of animals pushed into extinction has grown even longer. In its latest update, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared several species extinct, ...
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Think extinction is rare? 2025’s Red List shatters that myth
Quick Take Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the ...
Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...
While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...
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