Some large whale species, including the humpback, are now less threatened with extinction, according to the cetacean update for the 2008 IUCN Red List. Most small coastal and freshwater cetaceans, however, are moving closer to extinction.

Mankind's closest relatives – the world's monkeys, apes and other primates – are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some being literally eaten to extinction.

The Neglected Tuft Sedge last seen two centuries ago on St. Helena, before Napoleon was exiled on the island after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, has been rediscovered.