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'ONE-TWO PUNCH' DELIVERED DINO DEATH BLOW
This new temperature record provides a direct link between the volcanism and impact events and the extinction pulses -- that link being climate change, Petersen said... READ MORE›
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HUMANS CREATING SIXTH GREAT EXTINCTION OF ANIMAL SPECIES, SAY SCIENTISTS
The modern world is experiencing a sixth great extinction of animal species even when the lowest estimates of extinction rates are considered, scientists have warned... READ MORE›
WE'RE GOING THE WAY OF THE DINOSAUR
We're going the way of the dinosaur study finds Earth's species disappearing at frightening rate... READ MORE›
DURING MASS EXTINCTION, NO SPECIES SAFE
Dominant species spread across the globe are just as vulnerable during a mass extinction event as more fragile ones confined to a single locale, according... READ MORE›
WORLD 'EMBARKING ON SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION'
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, about 41 percent of all amphibian species and 26 percent of all mammals are threatened with extinction... READ MORE›
DURING MASS EXTINCTION NO SPECIES SAFE STUDY
However, this insurance weakened towards the end of the Triassic, and was imperceptible during the mass extinction itself... READ MORE›
MAMMALS THRIVED LONG BEFORE THE DINOSAURS DIED
The prevailing theory that mammals only flourished after an asteroid strike wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is doubly wrong, according to a st... READ MORE›
DINOSAURS WERE ALREADY ON THE WAY OUT WHEN ASTEROID ISSUED COUP DE GRACE
Dinosaurs were in decline long before an asteroid strike polished them off about 66 million years ago, according to a new study. It's the latest contributi... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS DRILL INTO CRATER AT SEA FOR DINO CLUES
Sharks swim around a platform off Mexico's east coast as scientists drill deep into the ocean floor, extracting the remains of the asteroid widely blamed f... READ MORE›
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THE 10 SPECIES MOST AT RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Species such as the hawksbill turtle are dependant on coral reefs which are bleaching and dying with climate change... READ MORE›
GIRAFFES FACING EXTINCTION AFTER DEVASTATING DECLINE, EXPERTS WARN
The cage bird trade in Asia is also driving many feathered species towards extinction, including the spectacular sunset lorikeet... READ MORE›
GIRAFFES FACE 'SILENT EXTINCTION' AS POPULATION SHRINKS NEARLY 40 PERCENT
In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN ... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIVES ELECTED TRUMP; NOW THEY OWN CLIMATE CHANGE
Furthermore, there are some conservatives who do take climate change seriously... READ MORE›
60 PERCENT OF GLOBAL WILDLIFE SPECIES WIPED OUT
The Living Planet Report 2016, released on Thursday, blamed deforestation, pollution, overfishing, and the illegal wildlife trade for pushing species populations to the edge ... READ MORE›
SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION? TWO-THIRDS OF WILDLIFE COULD BE GONE BY 2020
In the report, the rapid extinction is blamed on habitat loss, over exploitation of resources, pollution and climate change... READ MORE›
REVEALED: THE CRIMINALS MAKING MILLIONS FROM ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Many iconic animals are heading toward extinction only 30,000 rhinos are alive today, 5 percent of the number four decades ago... READ MORE›
HUMANS HAVE DESTROYED A TENTH OF EARTH'S WILDERNESS IN 25 YEARS - STUDY
The study said that wilderness was being loss faster than pristine places were being designated as protected areas, at 3.3m sq km versus 2.5m sq km... READ MORE›
ALTERING WILD GENE POOLS COULD STOP DISEASES, SAVE SPECIES -- BUT EVEN PROPONENTS URGE CAUTION
Another idea is to save endangered birds on the Hawaiian islands by releasing altered mosquitoes that cannot carry avian malaria... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF RARE TARANTULAS HATCH IN 'WORLD FIRST' AT CHESTER ZOO
The invertebrate keepers at the zoo are the first in the world to successfully breed the Montserrat tarantulas,... READ MORE›
BACKLASH GROWS OVER PLAN TO SPRAY FOR WILD PARSNIP
As proof, Greaves, the chief administrative officer of Lanark County, points to a patch of the plant growing metres from the county offices in Perth... READ MORE›
THE EXTINCTION CRISIS IN A WARMING WORLD
The many species that face growing threats due to climate change range from mammals to lizards, fish and birds... READ MORE›