A Malaysian snail goes extinct; over 22,000 other species on the brink


Fishing, logging, mining, agriculture and other activities to satisfy our growing appetite for resources are pushing wild species towards extinction. (This report has been updated with corrections. – Editor)

A species of Malaysian microsnail has been declared “extinct” in the latest Red List of Threatened Species released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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