While we can’t say exactly how many animal species have gone extinct in the past 125 years, it’s estimated that between 200 and 500 species have faced extinction in the past century. In the ...

14 ocean animals have gone extinct in the last 100 years, and 72 are on the verge of extinction. An international deal was reached Saturday to protect marine wildlife, after decades of talk.

The natural world is a rich tapestry of life, brimming with fascinating species, each contributing to the ecological balance ...

Species have gone extinct at a much higher rate than is expected with evolution, and the blame has largely been placed on humans and their detrimental impact on certain species' environments.

While extinctions occur naturally — more than 99% of all species to ever exist have already gone extinct — human activity can dramatically speed up the rate of species extinction — an idea ...

Just in the past decade, two mammal species have gone extinct: a bat known as the Christmas Island pipistrelle and a rat, the Bramble Cay melomys.

The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.

Applying 100 E/MSY to Cowie's 2022 method suggests 100,000 of the roughly 2 million known species have gone extinct over the past 500 years. However, that doesn't account for unknown animal species.

Sustained human presence on the world’s islands, which began tens of thousands of years ago, sped up the extinction process by more than a factor of 10, the researchers found.

There are species that have gone and will go extinct because of this. Climate change also has diminished another winter freeze benefit, Lorimer said: The reduction of pest eggs, which instead may ...

Large number of freshwater animals could go extinct, new research reveals: ‘Many threats acting together’ By . Associated Press. Published Jan. 9, 2025, 4:57 p.m. ET.

There are now 650 species that have gone extinct in the U.S., according to the Center for Biological Diversity, which says factors such as climate change, ...