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Environment Science 

Future of Mammals Unknown Amid Perils of Climate Change, Study Finds

April 6, 2021April 7, 2021 JASON SANDEFUR
Climate change, extinction, Research

In evolutionary terms, mammals are arguably the most successful group in the history of the planet, colonizing virtually all terrestrial and most aquatic habitats. But little is known about how most mammals will respond to climate change.

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Environment Science 

Volcanic Emissions Not Culpable for Most Recent Mass Extinction Event, Study Finds

March 29, 2021March 30, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Dinosaurs, extinction, history, Research, volcano

An analysis of carbon dioxide levels in magma from the Deccan Traps of India tells a story about the mass extinction event 66 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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Environment Science 

Researchers Say Key Species Should Be Targeted for Conservation Efforts

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 LISA KLEIN
animals, extinction, plants, Research

New research finds that species with certain characteristics are at higher risk for extinction and perform unique functions within their environments.

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Environment Science 

Rare Australian Bee Spotted After 100-Year Absence

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 MARTIN MACIAS JR
Australia, bees, Climate change, extinction

A field researcher identified the bee, which faces new threats from rainforest degradation and wildfires.

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Environment Science 

Alpine Plants at Risk of Extinction as Glaciers Disappear

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 JASON SANDEFUR
Climate change, extinction

Scientists studying the affects of glacial melt say a quarter of alpine flower species face extinction in the decades after glaciers disappear.

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Entertainment Environment International 

Race to Save Bangladesh Hound From Extinction

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Bangladesh, dogs, extinction

In a rickety hut on the border with Bangladesh and India, two brothers are among the last local breeders of the Sarail hound, a dog on the brink of extinction.

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Environment Science 

Mass Extinctions Occur Every 27 Million Years, Study Finds

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 MADELINE REYES
Dinosaurs, extinction, Research

Scientists from New York University have found that mass extinctions of land-based animals are more predictable than previously thought, and occur roughly every 27 million years in a cycle likely due to our planetary orbit, according to a new study released Thursday.

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Environment International Science 

Climate Change Spurring Frog Extinctions: Conservationists

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
conservationists, extinction, Research, species

Three Central American frog species have gone extinct and many others may soon follow as their populations are ravaged by a fungus that is spreading faster because of climate change, conservationists said Thursday.

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Environment Health 

Warning From the Past: Climate Change Likely Drove Early Human Species to Extinction

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 MADELINE REYES
Climate change, extinction

A new study suggests early humans may have been unable to pull through the harsh fluctuations in climate during their time and were ultimately led to extinction by climate change — a warning as we face the same threat today.

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Environment International 

Too Sexy to Survive? Swiss Wildcats’ Future in Doubt

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
animals, cats, extinction

The Swiss wildcat is in danger of becoming extinct because it is so attractive to the domestic cat, say experts.

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Environment Science 

Scientists Identify New Mass Extinction Before Rise of Dinosaurs

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD
Dinosaurs, extinction, history, Research

Dinosaurs were decimated 66 million years ago after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth and temperatures plunged worldwide as dust blotted out the sun. Yet dinosaurs had come to dominate the globe thanks to an earlier volcano-induced extinction event, scientists say in a new study.

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Environment International 

Long Gone, Ibex Gains Foothold in French Pyrenees

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
extinction, France, mountains, parks, wildlife

With a bumper litter of new kids, the recently introduced ibex population in the French Pyrenees is thriving more than a century after the native species of wild goats was wiped out in France.

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Science 

As Earth Warmed, Ancient Mastodons Headed Far North

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
extinction

A study published Tuesday offers evidence that the extinct forest-dwelling species known as the American mastodon routinely migrated to the upper latitudes of North America, lured by new vegetation during periods of interglacial warming over the last 800,000 years.

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Uncategorized 

Humans Off the Hook? Climate Change Killed Woolly Rhinos, Says Study

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Climate change, extinction, history, Research

A woolly brown rhinoceros that weighed 2 tons once roamed northeastern Siberia before mysteriously disappearing around 14,000 years ago.

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Environment Science 

Not Easy Eating Green: Herbivores Most at Extinction Risk

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
endangered species, extinction, Research

Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world’s predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction.

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Environment 

Habitat Loss Sparks Cascade of Ecosystem Damage: Study

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Climate change, extinction, forests, pollution, Research

The effects of shrinking habitats on wildlife are more profound and wide ranging than often assumed, a study published Wednesday found, as researchers warned that many forecasts underestimate how many species are lost in fragmented environments.

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Environment Science 

Reef Tales: Candid Cams Reveal Shark Populations in Decline

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coral reefs, extinction, fish, marine biology, Research, sharks

An unprecedented global survey has revealed a shocking decline in the number of reef sharks, with the predators “functionally extinct” on nearly 20% of sites studied.

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Environment Science 

Climate Change on Track to Wipe Out Polar Bears by 2100

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
bears, Climate change, extinction, Research

Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.

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Environment International 

Nearly All Madagascar’s Lemur Species ‘Face Extinction’

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered, extinction

Almost all species of lemur, the small saucer-eyed primates native to Madagascar, face extinction, an international conservation body warned on Thursday, adding to its growing list of animals and plants under threat.

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Environment Science 

Erosion of Ozone Layer Spurred Mass Extinction Event

May 27, 2020May 28, 2020 CARSON McCULLOUGH
extinction, history, Research

One of the most significant extinction events in Earth’s history occurred because of a short but critical failure of Earth’s ozone layer millions of years ago — a failure that could point to a potentially dire future.

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