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1,141 mammal species – 25 per cent of those known to science – are threatened with extinction, according to the IUCN. At least 76 have become extinct since...
Little egrets
18th June 2010
The population of little egrets has grown by 811% in the past decade, according to a report, Waterbirds in the UK 2007/8.
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