How we could save 515 animals on the brink of extinction

Recently, scientists analyzed 30,000 species and found that 515 of them contain fewer than 1,000 living individuals.

These animals are on the brink of extinction.

The list includes 74 mammals, 335 birds, 41 reptiles, and 65 amphibians.

With a serious commitment to controlling wildlife trade and conserving ecosystems, these species could be saved, lead study author Gerardo Ceballos, an ecologist at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, tells Inverse.