U.N. proposes pact to fight mass extinction

U.N. officials unveiled a sweeping plan to avert Earth’s sixth mass extinction, proposing a global wildlife treaty on the scale of the Paris climate accord.

By John Heilprin - January 13, 2020

A courtship display of Eared Grebe at the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Klamath Basin, California (AN/Becky Matsubara)

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