Flying Foxes Headed Towards Extinction For Three Decades, Need Conservation ASAP

Medicine & Technology Apr 02, 2017

Hunting and habitat loss are causing mass deaths in flying foxes of Mauritius. It's been three decades, the government recognized this species as threatened, but no actions were taken until now.

Manatees Have Returned Back From The Jaw Of Extinction, US Officials Confirmed

Mar 31, 2017

Manatees which is also known as sea cows has promoted to threatened species from endangered status. for the first time in 1966, manatees are considered as endangered under the protection act, but since 1980 a remarkable change in their number observed.

World's Smallest Porpoise Continuously Losing Numbers, About Getting Extinct

Mar 21, 2017

Millions of dollars of environmental funds have been spent just to save the world's smallest porpoise. Their main instruction is to impose a strict ban on gillnet fishing in the area that would also compensate local fishermen.

Elephant Habitat In Africa Disappearing, Creature Cornered To Extinction

Feb 21, 2017

Places like isolated parks and forests are still not safe for Africa’s forest elephants. The decline in the elephant’s population continues even with necessary environmental remedies.

Woolly Mammoth Could Get Back From 4000 Years Of Extinction: But, Is It Necessary ?

Feb 17, 2017

Woolly Mammoth that became extinct 4,000 years ago, now have the chances to get back into the life. Harvard University Scientists announced that within two years they will be able to create a functioning embryo of the mammoth.

Earth in Grave Danger With Comet Sun Shower

Oct 22, 2015

The meteor impacts with the exact time of the mass extinction over the past 260 million years ago.

Thousands of Endangered Antelope Deaths Have Scientists Investigating a Serious Concern

May 30, 2015

In central Kazakhstan entire herds of saiga antelope lay dead-more than 120,000, or nearly half of the species worldwide. These animals died off within two or three weeks, a shocking pace. This is an unprecedented mass mortality events for saiga antelopes relative to the total population size, and the last case in 2010 saw only 12,000 dead saiga.

Zoos Raise Awareness of Endangered Species by Making their Animals Disappear

May 16, 2015

May 15th marked the 10th anniversary of Endangered Species Day, which kicked off awareness events across the country. More than 200 zoos participated by restricting access to some of their endangered species, with the aim of giving visitors a glimpse of a world where such animals no longer existence.

AS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES RISE, SPECIES MAY PLUMMET

May 03, 2015

As if submersion of coastal communities by rising sea levels weren’t bad enough, scientists have recently added another frightening repercussion to climate change: the loss of species. Scientists are still quibbling over the number of species that may perish with rising temperatures, some claiming zero while others predicting a whopping 54%. In an effort to refine the predictions, Marc Urban, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut, has crunched the numbers, and although his results don’t spell the end for over half the world’s species, the numbers are still frightening.

Last Male White Rhino in the World Under Heavy Guard

Apr 16, 2015

Sudan may appear as if he is just like any other Northern White Rhino, but in fact he is much more than that. Sudan is the last living male Northern White Rhino on the planet and conservationists need his help preventing his species from passing into oblivion. Because of his importance, he is kept under constant watch by armed guards that are there for his protection from poachers.

Getting to the Core of Extinction—Researchers Return to Crater That Caused Millions of Dinosaurs to Die

Apr 13, 2015

It’s no big surprise as to why we exited the Jurassic period. The dinosaurs and their lineage ended with a shocking crash when a catastrophic asteroid plummeted to Earth, and dust and debris blocked out the Sun. But now researchers are hoping that by going back to the site of the impact they may be able to learn a bit more about ancient biological and geological processes, and perhaps even what cosmic changes led to the asteroid’s impact.

Reptile Preceding Dinosaurs Discovered

Jan 24, 2015

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of reptile after putting together the remains of a new crocodile-like species that lived long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

US Fish & Wildlife Service Say African Lions May be Extinct by 2050

Oct 28, 2014

US Fish and Wildlife Service reports that African lions may soon cease to exist by 2050