Who watched David Attenborough's documentary on extinction last night? Around 1 million species now face extinction, many within the next few decades. Experts are warning that the nature crisis could be as dangerous as the climate crisis as we all depend on nature. Here are 18 animals you might not have heard of that tragically went extinct in the last century. | Greenpeace UK

The ivory-billed woodpecker - not officially seen since 1944 and long sought by birders in the American South - is one of 23 species that would be declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under a proposal it announced on Wednesday, September 29, 2021./kga | INQUIRER.net