10 extinct bird species that scientists are working to bring back
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...
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The Discovery of Extinction — Extra
How Thomas Jefferson’s quest to prove America’s wildlife was bigger and badder and better than anywhere else led him to face ...
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20 Species That Went Extinct in the Last 100 Years
The extinction of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle highlights ... alarmed conservationists to the subtle peril faced by amphibians globally. The Great Auk. Image by John Gould, Public domain, via ...
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XX species quae exstincta sunt in opusculo De Ultimo C annis
The extinction of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle highlights ... alarmed conservationists to the subtle peril faced by amphibians globally. The flightless Great Auk, once abundant along the North ...
Fossils reveal rapid land recovery after end-Permian extinction around 252 million years ago
Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...
Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now
When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...
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Extinction News
Fishing and Conserving in Great Barrier Reef's Marine Reserves ... The Cost of Preventing Extinction of Australia's Priority Species Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study has estimated it would cost ...
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Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...
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Are Humans the Only Species to Drive Others to Extinction? And More Questions From Our Readers
Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California Human activities are the most prominent cause of species extinction today, but not the only one.
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Restoring wildlife habitats in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Efforts to restore wildlife habitats in wealthy nations may inadvertently harm global biodiversity by shifting harmful land use to more biodiverse regions. This ...
The Scientist3d
Are We in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction?
Today’s extinction rates are sky-high. But scientists debate if that’s sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is undergoing a mass extinction event—or whether that’s even a helpful designation.
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Restoring wildlife habitats in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions, experts warn
The Gola Rainforest Project in Sierra Leone. This conservation project has limited leakage while slowing deforestation by supporting nearby farmers such as Mallo Samah to increase their yields and ...