What would happen to humans if all the animals in the world disappeared? According to scientific statistics, 1/8 of the world's plants, 1/4 of mammals, 1/9 of birds, 1/5 of reptiles, 1/4 of amphibians, and ...
In 2023, U.S. scientists declared 21 species officially extinct. Included on the shameful list are birds, mussels, fish, and a mammal. Separately, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a conservation organization that monitors global species populations, determined the Java Sti...
Christmas Island is located south of Indonesia in the Indian Ocean and it’s owned by Australia. These small bats were once common but were moved to the endangered list. Sadly, the last individual was seen in 2009. It was declared extinct in 2017. They then add to the list of endangered...
The African spurred tortoise can reach lengths of 83 cm (33 in) and weights of 105 kg (231 lb.). It is found in theSahara Desertand the Sahel; a dry grassland / savanna region that stretches across Africa from Mauritania in the west to Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east. Why are Afric...
Declared "functionally extinct" in 2007, after a six-week expedition to find one in 2006, the Baiji River dolphin became the first cetacean to go extinct in modern times due to human influence. Because of its recent extinction, however, DNA can still be easily extracted from remains.21 ...
This non-migratory species of the seaside sparrow used to live in southern Florida. In 1990, this bird was officially declared extinct after people sprayed DDT insecticide in its habitat. 4 Dodo The Dodo was a flightless bird with the unfortunate reputation of being dumb. It was naturally fearl...
TheSouth China tigeris functionally extinct in the wild, with all of the known living individuals being located in Chinese zoos. These tigers were declared pests in the past century, resulting in wholesale execution of them by hunters and poachers. There could be small populations remaining, but...
“Some of our animals are part of wild release programs to help repopulate their wild populations,” she said. “The red wolves here are part of the Red Wolf Recovery Program, which works with captive populations to reintroduce animals to the wild. Red wolves were declared extinct in the wil...
Due to water pollution, the baiji, a fresh water dolphin native to China, was declared extinct, meaning it’s unlikely the population can recover. Even noise pollution from human activities can lead to the disorder of animal behavior.
States by protecting open ranges where wolves are able to move freely and hunt. The smaller red wolf,Canis rufus, native to the southeastern United States, was declared extinct in the wild in 1980, though conservation efforts have reintroduced small captive populations to the wild in California....