In the U.S., towns in Kansas and the Dakotas face extinction mainly because of an exodus of young people.

FORBES: Magazine Article

By "they", I refer to the thinkers and tacticians at the Treasury who are suggesting that Scottish banknotes may face extinction in the event of independence.

BBC: Malachi Malagrowther and the Scottish banknote

"By the late 21st century, European plant species are projected to shift several hundred kilometers to the north, forests are likely to contract in the south and expand in the north, and about half of the mountain plant species may face extinction, " the EEA says.

CNN: Trying to agree a Kyoto 2.0, as the planet simmers

Major species face extinction.

BBC: Climate chaos: Transcript

Yet as things stand, our impotence in the face of our extinction means that a vast amount of medical resources are expended in the last few weeks of people's lives purely in order to render our deaths insensible and insensate.

BBC: A Point of View: The biggest decision

Polar bears have been listed under Appendix II of the CITES accords, which applies to species that are not currently threatened with extinction but may face it without restrictions on the trade of their body parts.

CNN: World rejects new protections for polar bears