How many endangered animals are alive?

Sometimes a natural event, like a volcano erupting, can kill an entire species. Other times, extinction will happen slowly as nature changes our world. For example, after the Ice Ages, when the glaciers melted and the earth became warmer, many species died because they could not live in a warmer climate. read more

the plight of endangered species: There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are endangered species threatened with extinction. This is up from 16,118 last year. read more

AZA now administers some 113 different SSPs covering 181 individual species. To be selected as the focus of an SSP, a species must be endangered or threatened in the wild. read more

There is an estimated 40 to 60 animals still alive today, those residing in Indonesia along the Ujung Kulon National Park. The animal is so desired because of its horn. Lemur. More than 100 different species of Lemur are found, all of which are endangered. These animals live on the Island of Madagascar. read more