Over the past 500 years,human activity is known to possess decimated 869 species. Habitat destruction, hunting, and alien species,disease and climate change are among the forces responsible for the vulnerability and loss of the 12000 species on the IUCN's red list of endangered species. With a total of 16928 plant and animal species at risk, life on soil is populated by creatures poised at the brink of extinction. Today, and one in eight birds,one in four mammals, one in five invertebrates, or one in three amphibians,and half of all turtles face extinction Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com