Saturday, November 13, 2010

One fifth of animal species are under the threat of extinction.

A recent report published at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan claims that one fifth of animal species are under the threat of extinction.  The study, considered the most comprehensive of its kind, tracked 25,000 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fishes using data from the Red List of Threatened Species.


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