Extinct Animals 2024 Listen. A new study projects biodiversity threats if global warming speeds up. 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 species' environments.
Under the most extreme scenarios, about one in three species could be facing extinction by the end of. The tasmanian tiger, also known as the thylacine, was a type of marsupial.