Recently Extinct Animals 2024au. Australian animals extinct since the 1960s, the report cites the work of 10 biologists who in 2019 found that since colonisation, of the 100 extinct species studied, 36 were killed off by land clearing. Add plants and invertebrates, and.

Many more animals are currently threatened or at risk of extinction as urban development and bushfire events persist. The world wide fund for nature’s living planet report 2022 reveals monitored global wildlife populations fell by 69%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, while some australian populations have disappeared.