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A lot can happen in a decade, and the more society develops, the more certain factors play into how animal populations and entire species continue to survive.
Many animal species provide humankind with "ecosystem services," like pollinating plants or as a source of food.
According to BBC, ecosystems with a wider range of species are more stable and resilient. The endangerment of species ultimately endangers ecosystems, making them more fragile.
Here are 24 animals that were added to the endangered category of the IUCN Red List in the last decade.
The more animals that go extinct, the closer we are to having to recreate the natural world ourselves. Sadly, within just the past decade, several species have become endangered.
Subspecies of lions in India and West and Central Africa are threatened by human development.
They are endangered because of habitat loss and having to compete with hunters for prey.
While the okapi looks like a mixture of different mammals, it's one of the oldest mammal species in the world. The central African creature is endangered primarily because of deforestation.
The biggest threats to the tallest animal in the world are the loss of habitat to development and poachers. Some people poach giraffes because of food insecurity in their villages, while others poach the animal for sport, keeping their tails as a symbol of high status.
People have also been known to keep an oryx horn as a lucky charm after a hunt, and the East African oryx has also been added to the endangered species list.
In Southern Africa, the grey crowned crane is losing its habitat to agriculture. On top of that, pollutants from agriculture are degrading the wetlands where the crane breeds.
A different kind of South African bird was added to the endangered list, too: The African penguin is a subspecies of penguin that's threatened by industrial fishing.
Similarly, the rusty patched bumblebee was the first US bee subspecies to be listed as endangered in the continental US. The population decline comes from development and agriculture.
While it's also threatened by development, mining, and tourism, the San Jose Brush rabbit is critically endangered mainly because of introduced predators, like cats, goats, and dogs.
Down in Peru, the Paramo toad is facing critical endangerment after decades of being threatened by mining and agriculture. In fact, there are believed to be less than 50 of them left.
Another monkey on the list comes from Africa. The endangered Red-capped Mangabey is illegally hunted for meat, and its habitat is being developed for agriculture.
The world's most threatened subspecies of sea lions is the New Zealand sea lion. The species is endangered because of commercial fishing, which not only harms the sea lions ...
The woolly flying squirrel is a lot bigger than this, but they've become so endangered that it's hard to find a photo of them. In fact, this northern Pakistani cave dweller is the heaviest gliding mammal in the world. It's endangered mainly because of deforestation.
