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Earth's Biodiversity Crisis: 1 Million Species Face Extinction
Over a quarter of plants and animals assessed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species risk extinction.
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Scientists Plan To Recreate Extinct Creatures Like Dinosaurs As Robots
Researchers hope these robotic recreations will enhance our understanding of the natural world and evolutionary history.
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Did Pollen Allergies Cause Woolly Mammoths' Extinction? New Study Proposes a Surprising Theory
A new study proposes a surprising theory that pollen allergies may have contributed to the extinction of woolly mammoths. The researchers argue that an increase in pollen during the post-Ice Age period could have affected the animals' ability to communicate and reproduce. This inability to breed, combined with environmental changes and human activi...
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Kenyan Delegation Reviews Prep At Cheetahs' Proposed Second Home In India
After reintroducing cheetahs - the animal was declared extinct from India in 1952 - at Kuno National Park (KNP) in the state's Sheopur district two years ago, the government is planning to bring the big cats to Gandhi Sagar.
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"Exciting Idea": In A First, Scientists Recover Ribonucleic Acid From Extinct Animal
Scientists have for the first time recovered Ribonucleic acid (RNA) from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, raising hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever, Stockholm University researchers told AFP.
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WWF Uses Twitter Bird Logo To Highlight Significance Of Wildlife Conservation
The German chapter of the WWF created an impactful graphic that shows the evolution of the blue bird logos over the years.
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Study Of 70,000 Species Renews Fear Of Sixth Mass Extinction Event
While mammals, birds and insects are seeing a decline in numbers, amphibians are particularly badly affected overall.
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No Task Force Officials Have Cheetah Handling Experience, Supreme Court Told
The Centre Thursday told the Supreme Court that no officials including members of the court-appointed committee have any experience in cheetah management in India as the animal went extinct from the country in 1947-48.
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Animation Artist Posts Video To Depict What A Megalodon Attack Will Look Like Today
Computer-generated images were used by the animation artist to produce a video that depicts what a Megalodon attack on a ship could have looked like.
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Australian Woman Sets World Record After Running Daily Marathon For 150 Days
Erchana Murray-Bartlett started the marathon to bring awareness towards the extinction catastrophe affecting Australian animals and vegetation
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Nearly 10% Of Marine Life Towards Extinction: Watchlist
The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction.
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Watch: Protesters Target Salt Bae's London Steak Restaurant, Thrown Out By Staff
The Animal Rebellion group posted a video of one of its protesters being carried out of the eatery by restaurant employees.
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If Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct, How Would Our World Look? Read On
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them.
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Climate Change Could Move 65% Of Insect Population Towards Extinction
Cold-blooded insects are especially vulnerable to temperature changes because they lack the ability to control their body temperature.
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First Mass Extinction Of Animals Took Place 550 Million Years Ago: Study
Scott Evans, a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech College of Science, compiled data on rare Ediacaran-era fossils of squishier animals from around the world.
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Earth's Biodiversity Crisis: 1 Million Species Face Extinction
Over a quarter of plants and animals assessed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species risk extinction.
-
Scientists Plan To Recreate Extinct Creatures Like Dinosaurs As Robots
Researchers hope these robotic recreations will enhance our understanding of the natural world and evolutionary history.
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Did Pollen Allergies Cause Woolly Mammoths' Extinction? New Study Proposes a Surprising Theory
A new study proposes a surprising theory that pollen allergies may have contributed to the extinction of woolly mammoths. The researchers argue that an increase in pollen during the post-Ice Age period could have affected the animals' ability to communicate and reproduce. This inability to breed, combined with environmental changes and human activi...
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Kenyan Delegation Reviews Prep At Cheetahs' Proposed Second Home In India
After reintroducing cheetahs - the animal was declared extinct from India in 1952 - at Kuno National Park (KNP) in the state's Sheopur district two years ago, the government is planning to bring the big cats to Gandhi Sagar.
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"Exciting Idea": In A First, Scientists Recover Ribonucleic Acid From Extinct Animal
Scientists have for the first time recovered Ribonucleic acid (RNA) from an extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger, raising hope for the resurrection of animals once thought lost forever, Stockholm University researchers told AFP.
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WWF Uses Twitter Bird Logo To Highlight Significance Of Wildlife Conservation
The German chapter of the WWF created an impactful graphic that shows the evolution of the blue bird logos over the years.
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Study Of 70,000 Species Renews Fear Of Sixth Mass Extinction Event
While mammals, birds and insects are seeing a decline in numbers, amphibians are particularly badly affected overall.
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No Task Force Officials Have Cheetah Handling Experience, Supreme Court Told
The Centre Thursday told the Supreme Court that no officials including members of the court-appointed committee have any experience in cheetah management in India as the animal went extinct from the country in 1947-48.
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Animation Artist Posts Video To Depict What A Megalodon Attack Will Look Like Today
Computer-generated images were used by the animation artist to produce a video that depicts what a Megalodon attack on a ship could have looked like.
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Australian Woman Sets World Record After Running Daily Marathon For 150 Days
Erchana Murray-Bartlett started the marathon to bring awareness towards the extinction catastrophe affecting Australian animals and vegetation
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Nearly 10% Of Marine Life Towards Extinction: Watchlist
The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction.
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Watch: Protesters Target Salt Bae's London Steak Restaurant, Thrown Out By Staff
The Animal Rebellion group posted a video of one of its protesters being carried out of the eatery by restaurant employees.
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If Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct, How Would Our World Look? Read On
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them.
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Climate Change Could Move 65% Of Insect Population Towards Extinction
Cold-blooded insects are especially vulnerable to temperature changes because they lack the ability to control their body temperature.
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First Mass Extinction Of Animals Took Place 550 Million Years Ago: Study
Scott Evans, a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech College of Science, compiled data on rare Ediacaran-era fossils of squishier animals from around the world.
