List of threatened species grows by 1,000, but conservation . . . Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion
Measuring the Meltdown: Drivers of Global Amphibian . . . 32% of the world’s amphibian species are unequivocally threatened with extinction, with another 22 5% too poorly studied to warrant exclusion from or addition to this growing list Over 160 amphibian species are thought to have become extinct in recent decades, and at least 43% of all described species are
Chart: Almost 18,000 Species Are Engangered | Statista In 2024, the number of threatened species identified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources stood at almost 18,000 But while animals like critically
Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years at La Selva . . . Amphibians stand at the forefront of a global biodiversity crisis More than one-third of amphibian species are globally threatened, and over 120 species have likely suffered global extinction since 1980 Most alarmingly, many rapid declines and extinctions are occurring in pristine sites lacking
Human Population Growth and Extinction - Biological Diversity The current mass extinction differs from all others in being driven by a single species rather than a planetary or galactic physical process When the human race — Homo sapiens sapiens — migrated out of Africa to the Middle East 90,000 years ago, to Europe and Australia 40,000 years ago, to North America 12,500 years ago, and to the