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There are many animals that have already gone extinct due to natural causes and human activities. Some animals have been extinct for millions of years, while others went extinct a few hundred years ago. In this list, you can find 20 extinct animals and what contributed to their decline. 1. Tasmanian Tiger.
Explore a list of 100 animals that have recently become extinct, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and invertebrates.
Since 1900, nearly 500 species of animal have gone extinct, according to a 2015 study. Here are ten that made the list.
From a Galapagos tortoise to one black rhino subspecies, these 11 species have been declared extinct or possibly extinct over the past half-century.
Let’s look at 16 recently extinct animals, many of which you may never have heard of or seen. A golden toad. Photo: © US Fish and Wildlife Service. One of countless victims of human-induced climate change, the golden toad, which derives its name from its striking colour, was native to Costa Rica before its extinction.
This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem or natural disasters, to human influences on nature by the overuse of natural resources, hunting and destruction of natural habitats.
At the end of the last ice age, 10,000 years ago, many North American animals went extinct, including mammoths, mastodons, and glyptodonts. While climate changes were a factor, paleontologists have evidence that overhunting by humans was also to blame.