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!["Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history," a U.N. panel says, reporting that around 1 million species are currently at risk. Here, an endangered hawksbill turtle swims in a Singapore aquarium in 2017.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/species-extinction-report-gettyimages-5f212a062f41f7d36cbb2f3cedadd34096f50974-e1557170299346-900x422.jpg)
1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
By: Bill Chappell | Nathan Rott | NPR
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“Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity,” says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.