What Was the Dodo and Why Did it Become Extinct? Human Impact on Extinction of Species
Written by Jyotsna Iyer, a second-year undergraduate student.
According to the United Nations, 150 species go extinct every day currently. Since 1500, the earth has seen a considerable increase in the rate of extinction, and nearly 711 species of vertebrates and 600 species of invertebrates have gone extinct within just a few centuries…