Because of that, bird scientists find it surprising when a species native to land, especially to a very large area, disappears. But that appears to be the case with the Slender-billed Curlew.

Climate change has claimed another victim - a migratory shorebird called the Slender-billed Curlew. Scientists have declared the bird certainly deceased following years of search, IFL Science ...

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.