Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost

Mongabay
Dec 26, 2025, 11:50 am83 ptsTrending
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the global authority on species’ conservation status. We may never see another individual of these species ever…

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