What drove one of the only U.S. parrot species to extinction?
The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) once ranged from southern New England to Florida to Colorado, but by 1918, the last of its kind died in captivity at ...
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Wild areas halve extinction risk for plants, invertebrates
Plants and invertebrates are twice as likely to survive on undeveloped lands, according to a recent study in Nature. Dividing the earth’s land surface into ...
Watching Hawaii’s last snails disappear
Snails once abounded in Hawaii. Some 750 species inhabited the islands. But these species have been disappearing in recent decades as predators cause their ...
Will next century’s wildlife be smaller, fast-lived species?
In the next 100 years, researchers predict the world will be filled with more small birds and mammals that are fast-lived, such as rodents and songbirds. Less ...
TWS thanks House subcommittee for discussing biodiversity loss
The Wildlife Society, alongside the American Fisheries Society and the National Wildlife Federation, sent a letter to the leadership of the House Natural Resources ...
1 million species threatened with extinction, report finds
About 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction around the world, according to a new United Nations report, and the rate of extinctions ...
Invasives are the primary cause of global extinctions in past five centuries
Invasive species are either the culprits or the accomplice in the extinction of some 300 species across the planet, according to new research. “It tells us ...
1,700 wildlife species at risk for extinction by 2070
By 2070, 1,700 species of amphibians, birds and mammals are at risk for extinction as a result of human land-use shrinking their habitat. In a Nature Climate ...
Did climate change claim its first mammal?
The last recorded sighting of a Bramble Cay melomys was in 2009, when a fisherman reported seeing a few of the small rodents take flight across the Australian ...
Are biologists asking the wrong questions on climate change?
Could species be vulnerable to the effects of climate change at temperatures lower than biologists currently think? That’s the question a team of scientists is ...