During the planet’s long history there have been several so-called “extinction events” when a large number species have perished.
[...] Now there is a growing consensus among scientists that a sixth extinction event has already begun with species disappearing at an unsurpassed rate.
It is possible that 1m species may not make it to the end of [...]
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Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders and their ilk, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.
In a new article published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers argue that substantial die-offs of amphibians [...]
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The chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction, a new study reveals.
The research, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, argues that man likely hunted to death the [...]
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The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the “road to recovery” and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature — the producer each year of a Red List of threatened species — also upgraded the [...]
In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators. Unchecked for many years, the snakes caused the extinction of nearly every native bird species on the Pacific island of Guam.
A variety of other [...]
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Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate. Known as the “kipunji,” the large, forest-dwelling primate hovers at 1,117 individuals, according to a study released in the July issue of the [...]
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Penn State researchers have used computed tomography (CT) technology to virtually glue newly-discovered skull fragments of a rare extinct lemur back into its partial skull, which was discovered over a century ago. Alan Walker, Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Penn State, and Research Associate in Anthropology Timothy Ryan, led the research. The [...]
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Captured on camera as they swim in a lake, drag pieces of wood to make their dens and play with one another, these are the first beavers to be born in Britain in 400 years.
The enchanting scene is a heartwarming sight for animal lovers as the species was previously extinct in this country.
The 12 baby [...]
The rarest marine dolphin in the world – down to 111 individuals following decades of entanglement in fishing nets – is to receive protection over more of its range from the New Zealand government following several years of sustained WWF campaigning.
The critically-endangered Maui’s dolphins, living only along the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, [...]
The Sumatran orang-utan is now in such serious decline that it will take extraordinary efforts to prevent it becoming the first great ape species to become extinct.
The warning emerges from a compilation of a major orang-utan survey in 2004 together with the latest [...]
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