The IUCN has assessed more than 105,000 species and found more than 28,000 of them threatened with extinction.
Sources
- Learn how species that faced extinction are bouncing back (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://iucn.org/news/species/201907/unsustainable-fishing-and-hunting-bushmeat-driving-iconic-species-extinction-iucn-red-list (iucn.org)
- https://theconversation.com/more-than-28-000-species-are-officially-threatened-with-more-likely-to-come-120430 (theconversation.com)
- https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/from-over-100000-species-assessments-in-iucn-update-zero-improvements/ (news.mongabay.com)
More in Nature
- Mauna Loa volcano rises to 4,170 metres above the Pacific Ocean.
- Almost 25% of all known eucalypt species are threatened with extinction, with 812 of the 826 species assessed occurring only in Australia.
- Archaeological evidence indicates that chimpanzee nut-cracking traditions have persisted for more than 4,300 years.
- The ongoing North Atlantic right whale unusual mortality event includes 41 whales: 31 dead whales and 10 whales last seen alive with severe entanglements or vessel-strike injuries.
- The warm water of the Pacific Blob extended all the way to the U.S. West Coast by fall 2014.
- Kilauea volcano rises to 1,250 metres above the Pacific Ocean.