extinct

Spanish soccer star kicks off UN campaign to save endangered orangutans

Soccer star Carles Puyol, who led Spain to the World Cup title last year, is the face of a new United Nations campaign to save endangered orangutans that could face extinction within the next few decades.

UN helping to save Siberian Crane from brink of extinction

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is helping to save the iconic Siberian Crane – a critically endangered species, numbering between just 3,000 and 3,500 – by stabilizing its flight path used for annual migration.