At least fifth of British mammal species could be wiped out within a decade
Populations of much-loved British mammals including hedgehogs and water voles have dropped by up to two-thirds over the past 20 years, and many more are threatened with imminent extinction. Even some
View ArticleSubsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed...
The mode and tempo of extinctions and extirpations after the first contact phase of human settlements is a widely debated topic. As the last major landmass to be settled by humans, New Zealand offers
View ArticleFrogs, toads on the verge of extinction, study
A deadly disease is threatening to wipe out frogs and toads, a new report has shown. The report, published on nature.com, shows Chytridiomycosis, a fatal fungal disease, as responsible for the continuous
View ArticleLemur extinction: Vast majority of species under threat
Almost every species of lemur, wide-eyed primates unique to Madagascar, are under threat of extinction. That is the conclusion of an international group of conservationists, who carried out an assessment
View ArticleFor the first time, scientists are putting extinct mammals on the map
Researchers from Aarhus University and University of Gothenburg have produced the most comprehensive family tree and atlas of mammals to date, connecting all living and recently extinct mammal species
View ArticleWhich bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification...
Determining whether species have gone extinct requires considering the timing and reliability of records, the timing and adequacy of surveys, and the timing, extent and intensity of threats. However,...
View ArticleMoa for sale: trade in extinct birds' bones threatens New Zealand's...
Paleontologists are begging the New Zealand government to immediately halt the trade in the priceless bones of the extinct moa bird, fearing that millions of years of science is disappearing as entire
View ArticleGlobal warming believed to be behind Oz rodent extinction
Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct on Tuesday, making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human- induced climate change. The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys
View ArticleWorldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers
Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the underlying...
View ArticleHistorical records reveal the distinctive associations of human disturbance...
Accelerated anthropogenic impacts and climatic changes are widely considered to be responsible for unprecedented species extinction.
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