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12 rare animals that are teetering on the brink of extinction
"The IUCN red list tells us how close to extinction species are," Craig Hilton Taylor, head Red Lis…
Simone M. Scully
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UN report warns of climate-related mass extinctions, including the disappearance of penguins and polar bears
Half of our plant and animal species could be threatened if global temperatures rise 4 degrees Cels…
Aria Bendix
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So many animals will go extinct in the next 50 years that it will take Earth at least 3 million years to recover, a study has found
Their estimates are based on an optimistic assumption that people will eventually stop ruining habi…
Peter Kotecki
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Rare photos show some of the birds, fish, and mollusks added to the extinction list this week
Federal wildlife officials gave up on being able to save more than two dozen species this week, and…
Erin Schumaker
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Climate change claims its first casualty in world's largest coral reef system
Scientists have long asserted that coral reefs are the most vulnerable ecosystems to climate change…
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These 15 ocean species have already gone extinct. A dozen others will probably disappear in our lifetime.
Although the oceans absorb 93% of the excess heat trapped on Earth due to greenhouse gases, far few…
Aylin Woodward
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Frogs are dying off at record rates - an ominous sign the 6th mass extinction is hitting one group of creatures hardest
According to a recent study in the journal Science, chytridiomycosis has wreaked havoc on frog, toa…
Aylin Woodward
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Up to 1 million animal species may be at risk of disappearing - yet another sign we're in the middle of a sixth mass extinction
On Monday, the United Nations is scheduled to release a report from its Intergovernmental Science-P…
Aylin Woodward
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Most Of The Earth's Species Are About To Be Destroyed In A Giant Mass Extinction
To avoid the sixth mass extinction we will probably have to employ more aggressive conservation, su…
Lauren F Friedman
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So many animals are going extinct that it could take Earth 10 million years to recover
Today, another force is driving Earth towards its next extinction event. Human-driven changes to th…
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists say we're witnessing the planet's sixth mass extinction - and 'biological annihilation' is the latest sign
"The Earth has experienced five mass extinctions before the one we are living through now, each so …
Kevin Loria
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Up to 1 million species are facing extinction, according to a new UN report. Without them, we could run out of food.
But according to the report, about 10% of the world's insect species are in decline. It calculated …
Aylin Woodward
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The world's living creatures are disappearing at unprecedented rates - here's what we stand to lose, according to a landmark UN report
The climate crisis his hitting Earth's plants and animals with a one, two punch. breakdown has reac…
Aylin Woodward
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12 signs we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction
Although it may not be obvious, another devastating mass extinction event is taking place today - t…
Aylin Woodward
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The asteroid that obliterated the dinosaurs came uncomfortably close to wiping out mammals too
The researchers analyzed fossil records from western North America from around 68 million years ago…
Ali Sundermier
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Forget being 'on the edge' - Earth is entering a sixth mass extinction
Nevertheless, they found that the "average rate of vertebrate species loss over the last century is…
Erin Brodwin,AFP
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In a 'lost city' in the Honduran rainforest, researchers have discovered 3 animals thought to be extinct
The ancient place remained untouched for more than half a millennium after ancestors of the indigen…
Aylin Woodward
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A biologist has a radical plan to save the Earth by reserving half of it for nature
Today every sovereign nation in the world has a protected area system of some kind. All together th…
Edward O. Wilson, "Half-Earth…
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Here's How Fast Different Animals Are Disappearing From Earth
Drawing from the IUCN's "Red List," a catalogue of species considered in danger of extinction, Natu…
Chelsea Harvey
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Disturbing maps show how mankind has driven some of the world's largest animals into extinction
But these animals weren't adapted to dealing with anything as cunning as a human hunter, he said. I…