The Extinction Crisis Keeps Getting More Dire, With 28,000 Species At-Risk
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated its Red List of Threatened Species last week—and habitat loss, hunting, and climate change continue to push species toward the brink of extinction. The group has added more than 7,000 species to its Red List update, more than 1,000 of which are threatened. The list now…