An old film from the last century captures the life of what would be the last of a very common Australian animal species.

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Moms Who Think (US) Animals That Have Gone Extinct in the Last Century. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025. While we can’t say exactly how many animal species have gone ...

This Australian native was last seen in the wild in 1990, and it was given a critically endangered status. In 2021, the IUCN ...

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. ... 15 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade. Owen Chase. March 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM.

Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild ...

What we lose when animals go extinct. ... This California butterfly lost habitat to grazing and drought and is considered to be extinct. The last live one was seen in the wild in 1960.

In 2003, researchers successfully cloned a Pyrenean ibex, a type of goat that went extinct when the last living individual was killed by a falling tree. Sadly, the new-born died of a lung defect ...

Before then, the last time one of these herbivores — which are the largest terrestrial animal in South America — had last been spotted in Rio de Janeiro state was in Serra dos Órgãos ...

Last Friday, the Wildlife CSI Academy hosted a special learning experience involving protected animals, some which were ...

Let's start with the confirmed extinctions. A total of 777 animals have gone extinct since the beginning of the modern era in 1500, ... particularly over the last 500 years.