Animal and plant species are vanishing at an accelerating pace around the world — sometimes even before we know that they exist — but conservationists are pushing back against the juggernaut of mass extinction. From…
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Some dino eggs took months to hatch, perhaps leading to extinction: study
The eggs of nonavian dinosaurs took three to six months to hatch, a long incubation period that could help explain dinosaurs’ mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to new research. Findings published Monday in…
#Conservation: Giraffes ‘threatened with extinction’
Wild giraffe numbers have plummeted by 40 percent in the past three decades and the species is now “vulnerable” to extinction, a top conservation body said Thursday. The population of the world’s tallest land mammal…
#Conservation: Saharan Addax antelope faces ‘imminent extinction’
The Saharan Addax antelope has been pushed to the brink of extinction by poaching and loss of habitat to the oil industry, the international organisation that tracks threatened species said Friday. An extensive aerial and…
#Conservation: Pink dolphins at risk of disappearing
As Hong Kong seeks to expand its international airport and with a major new bridge project under way, campaigners warn that the dwindling number of much-loved pink dolphins in surrounding waters may disappear altogether. Conservationists…
#Conservation: Lion among 23,000 species threatened with extinction
The mighty lion, reclusive cave crabs and the world’s rarest sea lion are among nearly 23,000 species at risk of dying out, a top conservation body warned on Tuesday. In an update to its “Red…
In Kenya, the end is nigh for northern white rhinos
This is what extinction looks like. No meteor from outer space, no unstoppable pandemic, no heroic, ultimately futile last stand. Instead poor sperm, weak knees and ovarian cysts mark the end of a lifeline cut…
Africa’s vanishing savannahs threaten lions: study
Africa’s savannahs, and the lions that have found their home there, are disappearing at an alarming rate, plummeting two thirds over the past 50 years, a study found Tuesday. Using new satellite data, Duke University…