UNITED NATIONS: Already facing the threat of habitat destruction, hundreds of plant and animal species are now under further pressure from manmade climate change, the IUCN said on Tuesday (Dec 10) in its updated "Red List of Threatened Species".
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added 1,840 new species to its catalogue of plants and animals that risk extinction.
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