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The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered whale species. In the 2024 calving season, 19 new North Atlantic right whales were born. However, 40 North Atlantic right whale mortalities have been reported so far in 2024, alongside 34 serious injuries, and 65 morbidities.
Hundreds of thousands of animals around the world are threatened by human action and climate change and are in need of protection and conservation efforts. Join us as we take a look at the top 10 most endangered animals in the world in 2024, according to WWF. —.
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. It divides species into nine categories: Not Evaluated , Data Deficient , Least Concern , Near Threatened , Vulnerable , Endangered , Critically Endangered , Extinct in the Wild and Extinct .
On this page is a list of endangered animals, with pictures and facts on each species. Note: the list below is NOT definitive and contains just a fraction of the world’s endangered animals. All of the animals on the list below are currently (as of Jan 2024) listed as “Endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Our 2024 Living Planet Report shows the average size of wildlife populations has fallen by a staggering 73% since 1970. While there have been amazing and inspirational wildlife successes and stories in the past, many animals are still endangered mostly due to unsustainable human-led activities.
WWF is committed to saving endangered species. Learn more about the species we are working to protecting from becoming endangered or extinct.
Increase in the number of species assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ (2000–2024; version 2024-2). Not all taxonomic groups have been completely assessed (see Table 1 and Figure 2).
Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered species are considered to be threatened with extinction. The IUCN Red List will be updated with thousands of new species assessments and reassessments at 10 am Colombia Standard Time on Monday 28 October 2024.
By 2024, 157,000 species had been assessed by using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria. Of these, more than 44,000 species of plants, animals, and others fall into the threatened categories (CR, EN, and VU). Today the list appears as an online database available to the public.
World’s Critically Endangered Species of 2024. In the face of an escalating biodiversity crisis, this segment sheds light on the harrowing plight of ten critically endangered species in 2024, detailing their struggles against habitat loss, poaching, and human-induced threats.