More Critically Endangered Birds On IUCN Red List Than Ever

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 23:42 in Biology & Nature

The latest evaluation of the world's birds reveals that more species than ever are threatened with extinction, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Researchers found 1,227 species (12 percent) are classified as globally threatened with extinction.

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