Biodiversity Report — April 13, 2026
A landmark preprint published this week warns that a mass extinction could unfold largely undetected due to the gap between species discovery and extinction rates. Meanwhile, New Zealand's kākāpō parrots have shattered breeding records with 95 chicks this season, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has initiated status reviews for three Arctic and subarctic species. A new study also calls for halting biodiversity loss by 2030 to keep Earth's life-support systems stable.
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