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These 23 Animals Have Gone Extinct in the Past 150 Years

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...
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32 Animals That Sadly Went Extinct And Why

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare Red-Necked Ostriches Introduced in Saudi Arabia to Replace Birds That Went Extinct More Than 80 Years Ago

The released birds are the closest living relatives of the extinct Arabian ostrich. The flightless animals' return is part of ...
ABC News

31 species now extinct, according to IUCN's Red List of threatened species

At least 35,765 species are threatened with extinction. An update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species has declared 31 animal and plant species ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Endangered Species Protections Sought for Declining Southwestern Desert Thrasher

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the LeConte’s thrasher under the Endangered Species Act. LeConte’s thrashers, native ...