Scientists declared these animals extinct in 2021

In 2021, extinctions loomed large in the U.S. The Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared that 23 species, some not seen in decades, had gone extinct and should be taken off the nation’s endangered species list. Many of these losses, in the globe’s wealthiest nation, weren’t inevitable. Neither are future losses.
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