Extinct Animals 2024 List. With just less than 70 of. According to the international union for the conservation of nature (iucn) red list, more than 42,000 species are currently threatened with extinction, representing over a quarter of all species assessed by the list.

A new study projects biodiversity threats if global warming speeds up. 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.