These species are now extinct, a 'tragic and sobering moment'

And then there were none.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions includes a bird, a shrew and a species of snail, among others.

In addition, three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, the IUCN said. The latest update also reveals that more than half of bird species globally are in decline.

The bird that has been declared extinct is the slender-billed curlew, a migratory shorebird last seen in Morocco in 1995.

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.