Recently Extinct Animals 2024. List of animals that are rated extinct in the wild. While scientists have documented countless new animal species since the beginning of the 21st century, there are unfortunately many recently extinct animals as well.
Species have gone extinct at a much higher rate than is expected with evolution, and the blame has largely been placed on humans and their detrimental impact on certain. A website dedicated to documenting the world’s recently extinct species of plants, animals, and fungi, as well as missing and rediscovered organisms.