A 2019 U.N. report estimates that DOZENS of species are going extinct every day. Beyond that, the report also notes, as many as 30 to 50 percent of all species face extinction by 2050.
The Maui nukupuʻu, a short-tailed Hawaiian bird with a long bill, has not been seen by scientists since 1996. It was declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2021, along with 22 other wildlife species. There’s no way to sugarcoat it: Animal and plant life is declining across the globe at rates never seen before in human history.
And while global extinction rates can vary drastically, many scientists think that we’re in the midst of aHow Many Animals Go Extinct Every Day?Long before our current biodiversity crisis, five mass extinctions swept across our planet. The End-Cretaceous mass extinction event 65.5 million years claimed nearly all the dinosaurs, including the iconic T. rex and Triceratops.
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