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Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), fewer than 1,000 still alive. The World's 100 most threatened species[1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission ...
During the Late Pleistocene, particularly from around 50,000 years ago onwards, most large mammal species became extinct, including 80% of all mammals greater than 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb), while small animals were largely unaffected. This pronouncedly size-biased extinction is otherwise unprecedented in the geological record.
Time magazine named Goodall as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. [115] In 2021, she received the Templeton Prize. [116] On 31 December 2021, Goodall was the guest editor of the BBC Radio Four Today programme. [117] [118] She chose Francis Collins to be presenter of Thought for the Day. [119]
More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species, [7] that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. [8] [9] Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from 10 million to 14 million, [10] of which about 1.2 million have been documented and over 86 percent have not yet been described. [11]
Temple Grandin. Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal ...
For the 13th year in a row, Time magazine has revealed its annual list of the "100 Most Influential People." Released on Thursday morning, the compilation contains all of the movers and shakers ...
Kyla Mandel. November 12, 2024 at 6:46 AM. Credit - Photograph by Stephen Voss for TIME. Finance is the climate story of 2024. And it’s a theme that has proved inescapable in our TIME100 Climate ...
Near threatened (NT): 345 species. Least concern (LC): 3,306 species. Data deficient (DD): 872 species. Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1) 5850 extant species have been evaluated. 4978 of those are fully assessed [a] 3651 are not threatened at present [b] 1244 to 2116 are threatened [c] 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild: