Komodo dragons one step closer to extinction

Worrying: Komodo dragons are now listed as ‘endangered’. — AFP

Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia’s Komodo dragons are now listed as “endangered” in an update of the wildlife Red List.

About 28% of the 138,000 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are now at risk of vanishing in the wild forever, as the destructive impact of human activity on the natural world deepens.