Researchers have discovered new evidence adding to the idea that the mass extinction of dinosaurs was brought on by an asteroid striking Earth rather than the volcanic activity ravaging the surface.
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The Chinese paddlefish’s sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. Since scientists declared it extinct in a research paper published last week, Chinese internet users and media outlets have been paying tribute to the hefty creature.
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Conservationists brought a federal complaint Wednesday that accuses the Trump administration of hastening the extinction of the green sea turtle by failing to designate habitats and to earmark funding.
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Greenland’s medieval Norse society vanished from the Earth in the 15th Century after they hunted walrus populations to near extinction, researchers said Monday in a possible explanation for the mysterious disappearance.
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At least two species of Madagascar lemurs teetering on the brink of extinction because of deforestation could be pushed over the edge by climate change, researchers said Monday.
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Powerful volcanic eruptions in India millions of years ago left Earth struggling with a significant mercury contamination problem that may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, according to a new study.
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The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer.
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Decades of efforts, including billions of dollars spent, to prevent the extinction of 13 species of Columbia River salmon and steelhead were stymied by the resurgence of gregarious mammals who themselves returned from the brink. Now, a new plan backed by Native American tribes and three states would attempt to protect the fish by killing more sea lions.
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Most professional and amateur paleontologists had written off the Corral Bluffs in Colorado Springs as a site where everything that could be found had been found. Then vertebrate paleontologist Tyler Lyson had an idea: Instead of looking for bones, he started looking for concretion – minerals known to form around bones.
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After 34 years on the endangered species list, the least tern, a tiny Midwestern bird, is ready to fly free of federal protection.
Read moreThe Southern Environmental Law Center sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in federal court for information on “the conservation and management of North Carolina’s critically endangered red wolf,” which may have been reduced to only 14 animals.
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As the world grapples with climate change, scientists are studying the extinction of the world’s largest mammals during the Ice Age to look for answers about Earth’s future.
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More than half of Europe’s endemic tree species, including the horse chestnut, risk extinction, conservationists warned Friday, blaming invasive species, unsustainable logging and urban development for their decline.
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Climate scientists believe Earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction event, and in light of that, House Democrats Tuesday renewed calls for legislation that would reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of key protections for endangered wildlife and plant species.
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Scientists announced Wednesday they have succeeded in creating two embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino as part of an international effort to save the species, which is down to just two animals worldwide, both of them female.
Read moreVeterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one step closer to bringing the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists said in Kenya on Friday.
Read moreThe thick soup that is Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits provides a brutal lesson in nature and helps explain why today Angelenos have coyote problems instead of large saber-toothed cats in the Hollywood Hills.
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Despite being able to survive in harsh climate conditions, researchers say in a study released Monday that several species of conifer trees and shrubs native to small islands could face extinction by 2070.
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Two Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a welcome addition to a small surviving population of a rare lion subspecies that has been extinct in the wild.
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Scientists in Europe said Tuesday they’ve successfully transferred a test tube rhino embryo back into a female whose eggs were fertilized in vitro, as part of an effort to save another nearly extinct sub-species of the giant horned mammal.
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