Conservation has saved 48 birds, mammals from extinction
Efforts to conserve species have resulted in saving at least 48 mammals and birds from extinction since the early 1990s. The rates of extinction would have been ...
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Herbivores may be most at risk for extinction
By reviewing past extinction patterns, researchers suggest that herbivores may be at the highest risk of extinction. The team studied more than 44,000 living and ...
Ecosystem engineers buffer animals from extinction
Species like beavers and elephants that engineer and change the ecosystems around them could help save other species from extinction. A new study may be the first ...
Climate change could lead to sudden extinctions
A recent study published in Nature suggests that climate change could cause sudden die-offs of species, starting in the next decade. “For a long time things can ...
Climate could claim 1 in 3 species in 50 years, study finds
About a third of plant and animal species around the world could be extinct within 50 years due to climate change, according to a study by University of Arizona ...
Americans weigh in on what makes a species ‘endangered’
What constitutes an endangered species? Researchers recently surveyed 1,000 Americans to find out what parameters they think a species should reach to be considered ...
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 ...
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 ...