23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, officially extinct
Rich McKay and Kanishka Singh, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 30 02:01 PM
The ivory-billed woodpecker, whose last confirmed sighting was nearly 80 years ago, is one of 23 federally protected species that would be officially declared extinct - the most ever at one time - under a U.S. government proposal announced on Wednesday. Read more »