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This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem or natural disasters, to human influences on nature by the overuse of natural resources, hunting and destruction of natural habitats.
Jan 13, 2021 · 10 min read. What We’ve Lost: The Species Declared Extinct in 2020. Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species—many unseen for decades—may no longer exist because of humanity’s destructive...
What we lose when animals go extinct. Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild...
Oct 19, 2023 · By eliminating many large animals, this extinction event cleared the way for dinosaurs to flourish. Finally, about 65.5 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period came the fifth mass extinction. This is the famous extinction event that brought the age of the dinosaurs to an end.
List of animals that are extinct in the wild. As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 40 animal species as extinct in the wild. [1] . That is approximately 0.04% of all evaluated animal species. The IUCN also lists five animal subspecies as extinct in the wild.
Extinct Animals: Journey to the Past with Britannica | Saving Earth | Encyclopedia Britannica. Posts ·. Lorraine Murray. by Lorraine Murray. A recent report in the journal Science has suggested that the Earth could be “ on the brink of a major extinction .”
May 29, 2019 · May 29, 2019. • 7 min read. Extinction is a natural phenomenon: After all, more than 90 percent of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth aren’t alive today. But humans have made it worse,...
