Study Finds Serious Extinction Risk
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One-fourth of the world’s species of mammals are threatened with extinction, and about half of those may be gone in as little as a decade, according to the most complete global analysis of endangered animal species ever compiled. The report was released by the IUCN-World Conservation Union, the recently renamed international body that has collected endangered species data for more than 35 years.
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