The researchers say 6% of plants and animals will disappear by 2050 in a middle of the road emissions scenario, which the world appears to be heading for, rising to 13% by the end of the century. In the worst case scenario of global heating, they estimate 27% of plants and animals could disappear by 2100.
Wild animals such as pandas and elephants are likely to become extinct as soon as 2025. Could you imagine by the time you may have started a family it is a possibility that your children will never see a panda or elephant?
Tardigrades will be the last surviving species on Earth and could live through any doomsday event, scientists have claimed. Also known as water bears, tardigrades can survive for up to 30 years without food or water and are the toughest creatures on Earth.
The rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). It is a kind of critically endangered porpoise that only lives in the furthest north-western corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico. There are only 18 left in the world. It is thought that they may be extinct in ten years.
Another specimen had a recorded lifespan of 374 years. The tubeworm Escarpia laminata that lives in deep sea cold seeps regularly reaches the age of between 100 and 200 years, with some individuals determined to be more than 300 years old. It is possible some may live for over 1000 years.
According to the WWF, there are approximately only 4,500 tigers left in the wild. However, some estimates put the number even lower. Habitat loss is a major factor in the decline in wild tiger populations.
According to the experts, ten percent of plants and animals will disappear by 2050 – a number rising up to 27 percent by 2100.
More than 99 percent of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are extinct. As new species evolve to fit ever changing ecological niches, older species fade away.
Eventually humans will go extinct. At the most wildly optimistic estimate, our species will last perhaps another billion years but end when the expanding envelope of the sun swells outward and heats the planet to a Venus-like state. But a billion years is a long time.
Every day, 150 species may become extinct. There are approximately three disappearing per hour, resulting in 72 species to become extinct in a single day. The current species count exceeds 30 million. If there are 100 million species exist today alongside humans, 10000-100000 between species become extinct.
Bowhead Whale
Bowhead whales can live for over 200 years, which is longer than any other mammal. It's not always easy to tell their age, though, as they spend their lives in the Arctic and sub-Arctic and can outlive the researchers that study them.
Species have always gone extinct in the history of our planet but human activities causing climate change are accelerating this process. Recent research predicts that one-third of all plant and animal species could be extinct by 2070 if climate change continues as it is.
In terms of bone strength, lions are stronger. Tigers are ~60-70% muscle but have lower bone density than lions. In terms of muscular strength, tigers are stronger. Lions live in Africa and India.
In the past decade, over 55% tigers (478 tiger deaths) died inside tiger reserves, more than 31% (271) outside the reserves and over 12% (108) of poaching.
Along with hunting for the pride, female lions are responsible for raising their offspring. They typically give birth to a litter every two years, which consists of one to four cubs. The IUCN estimates that between 23,000 to 39,000 lions remain in the wild.
The current record for human lifespan is held by Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. While this is an impressive achievement, it is still far from the 300-year mark. In fact, there is currently no scientific evidence to suggest that it is possible for humans to live for such a long time.
Regenerating flatworms
This apparently limitless regeneration also applies to aging and damaged tissue, allowing the worms to cheat death indefinitely, according to a study at the University of Nottingham.
CHIMPANZEES. RECKONED to be the most-intelligent animals on the planet, chimps can manipulate the environment and their surroundings to help themselves and their community. They can work out how to use things as tools to get things done faster, and they have outsmarted people many a time.
Only one living specimen of the tree species Madhuca diplostemon is known to exist.
What Is the Most Popular Pet in the World? It should come as no surprise that the most popular pet in the world is the dog. There is a reason why people say the dogs are a man's best friend, and there are tens of millions of them living in the United States alone.