The Final Encounters with Extinct Creatures

The Final Encounters with Extinct Creatures

Today, the world is home to roughly twenty billion animals. In an ideal scenario, we would see an additional five billion animals on our planet. However, many species have gone extinct, and about forty-four thousand species are now endangered. The largest and most recent mass extinction event took place during the age of the dinosaurs, wiping out seventy-five percent of Earth's species.