One Quarter of World's Mammals Face Extinction
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 12:56
in Biology & Nature
The baiji dolphin is functionally extinct, orangutans are disappearing and even some species of bats--the most numerous of mammals--are dying out. A new survey of the world's 5,487 mammal species--from rodents to humans--reveals that one in four are facing imminent extinction. [More]