These are the animals that went extinct in 2018

With the end of 2018 comes the near-certain reality that some critters, after millions of years of existence on Earth, are gone for good. 

There’s little question that humanity’s continued exploitation of wild animals and the depletion of their habitats have left many species either clinging to existence, or at worst, extinct. Today’s extinctions are happening 100 to 1000 times faster than the expected, natural rate of die-offs. It’s grim.

“The topic gets a hold of people in a way that few things do,” Sea McKeon, a biology professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and co-host of “The Naturalist Podcast,” said in an interview.   Read more…

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