/tags/extinction extinction en-US Copyright Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:58:32 GMT /2023-10-17/mussel-native-ohio-river-watershed-extinct The tubercled-blossom pearly mussel hasn't been seen since the late '60s. Once prolific in the Ohio River Basin, it has been officially declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:58:32 GMT /2023-10-17/mussel-native-ohio-river-watershed-extinct Tana Weingartner /npr-news/2019-09-23/when-we-love-our-food-so-much-that-it-goes-extinct A new book explores how overhunting and habitat destruction have left us with only a fraction of the foods that existed a century ago, and the changes that are needed to preserve our culinary variety. Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:10:33 GMT /npr-news/2019-09-23/when-we-love-our-food-so-much-that-it-goes-extinct Luisa Torres /news-partners/2019-05-06/1-million-animal-and-plant-species-are-at-risk-of-extinction-u-n-report-says "Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate. Mon, 06 May 2019 18:10:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-05-06/1-million-animal-and-plant-species-are-at-risk-of-extinction-u-n-report-says Bill Chappell, Nathan Rott /breaking-news/2016-12-08/giraffe-now-listed-as-vulnerable-to-extinction-as-population-plummets The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says the giraffe population has declined by as much as 40 percent in the past 30 years and could face extinction if the trend is not reversed. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:57:00 GMT /breaking-news/2016-12-08/giraffe-now-listed-as-vulnerable-to-extinction-as-population-plummets Rebecca Hersher