The dodo. The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. Not lost to natural causes—driven to extinction by humans. Whether it was hunting, habitat loss, or exploitation, the result was the same: they’re never coming back. Most extinctions don’t happen in headlines. They happen quietly, species disappearing while no one’s paying attention. Today, over 1 million species are at risk. The patterns haven’t changed. But we still have time to change the outcome. Extinction isn’t just history. It’s a warni