Mammal Extinction Due To Climate Change

Medicine & Technology Mar 23, 2019

An island rodent found in Australia has been totally wiped out as the sea level rises due to climate change.

Bramble Cay Melomys Now Extinct Due to Climate Change

Mar 22, 2019

A rodent species has been wiped out by rise in sea level caused by climate change.

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.

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.

Panda Poo Reveals a Mismatched Gut

May 19, 2015

In an ongoing attempt to boost the dwindling number of pandas on the planet (currently tallying just under 2,000), scientists have discovered what appears to be a physiological roadblock to the bear's good health: they possess the wrong type of gut.

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.

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.

Bringing Extinct Animals Back to Life No Longer Just Part of the Movies

Mar 27, 2015

Move over Jurassic Park, it seems the idea of bringing extinct animals back to life is now becoming more science rather than science fiction. The idea of reviving long extinct species has fascinated scientists for generations. Now, they have brought the idea one step closer to reality as scientists from Harvard University have managed to insert wooly mammoth DNA into the code of Asian elephants.

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