Extinction

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Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study

Which plants and animals are affected by climate change? Some may surprise you

Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge, but are we really heading into a mass extinction?

Extinction and origination patterns change after mass extinctions

The climate-driven mass extinction no one had seen before now

Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild

Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine

US says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct

Urgent action must be taken to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhino

If endangered primates disappear, so will their parasites. That's actually a problem

Revealing hidden extinction risk in Madagascar's rare plant species

Animals died in 'toxic soup' during Earth's worst mass extinction: A warning for today

Destroying vegetation along fences and roads could worsen our extinction crisis

Roadkill may accelerate local extinction of mammal populations

Mass extinction likely caused by lethal temperatures due to volcanic CO2 venting

Landmark global report: 1 in 3 tree species face extinction

Extinct Tasmanian tiger brought to life in color footage

A third of global tree species threatened with extinction

Has the wildlife 'Red List' let Africa's big cats down?

Pacific Island bats are utterly fascinating, yet under threat and overlooked

Since greater gliders were listed as 'vulnerable,' humans have destroyed more of their habitat

As cargo shipments boom, ship strikes imperil whales in California and worldwide

Humans behind extinction of hundreds of bird species over the last 50,000 years

Climate change 'double whammy' could kill off fish species

98% of emperor penguin colonies could be extinct by 2100. Can Endangered Species Act protection help them?

One of world's rarest chameleons found clinging to survival

New study finds emperor penguins increasingly threatened by climate change

Sierra Nevada red fox to be listed as federally endangered

Bird and mammal diversity is declining with biological invasions

Researchers find oxygen spike coincided with ancient global extinction

Dead, shriveled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia: We need your help to find out why

Breakthrough research examines the effects introduced animals had on Madagascar's extinct megafauna

In Spain, Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction

Dangerous attraction: Amorous pursuit imperils Cuban croc

Instead of braving the river, these endangered salmon take the highway

The impact of climate change on Kenya's Tana river basin

DNA from 93-year-old butterfly confirms the first US case of human-led insect extinction

Mexico announces new plan to protect near-extinct porpoise

Coastal landfills risk leaking long-banned toxic chemicals into the ocean

Loss of biodiversity in streams threatens vital biological process

Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are 'missing' – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next

Environmental laws in Canada fall short of addressing the ongoing biodiversity crisis

Bird deaths in Germany continue

Mission to rescue doomed trout at the Arroyo Seco fans Pasadena water war

Climate change is driving plant die-offs in Southern California, study finds

Geochemical study confirms cause of end-Permian mass extinction event

Jordan battles to save rare tiny Dead Sea carp

What factors put Philippine birds at risk of extinction?

He has celebrated deserts all his life. Now he's sounding the alarm

Yemen's unique 'dragon's blood' island under threat

Rhino anti-poaching research goes nuclear

Hundreds of Australian lizard species, barely known to science, may face extinction

Beautiful, rare 'purple cauliflower' coral off NSW coast may be extinct within 10 years

The 'great dying': the abrupt collapse of forest-mire (Glossopteris) ecosystems in high southern latitudes

Half of Guadeloupe's snakes and lizards went extinct after European colonization

High risk of conflict between humans and elephants and lions

Climate change might drive even widespread mammal species to extinction

Humanity taking 'colossal risk' with our future: Nobels

Time for a mass extinction metrics makeover

Gorilla among 200 endangered species threatened by conflict: conservationists

Ivory Coast sounds alarm over plunging elephant population

Neglected species: Who cares about Kyrgyzstan's threatened tulips?

Declining male fertility increases climate change vulnerability

Scientists use fossil records to understand the present, predict future ecosystems

'Dead clades walking': Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions

Earth's biggest mass extinction took ten times longer on land than in the water

Examining the impact of Earth's most devastating mass-extinction event on invertebrates

While species come and go, their ecosystems persist over millions of years

Neglected species: Sending out an SOS for a vanishingly rare primate

Megafauna extinction mystery unlocked

Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters—this could trigger a mass extinction event

What can we learn from vanishing wildlife species: The case of the Pyrenean Ibex

Persisting endangered status of Serianthes nelsonii reveals need for adaptive management

How polar bears maintained highly specialized diets during periods of Arctic warming—until now

Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise

Climate Change and Extinction Events

Coastal lupine faces specific extinction threat from climate change

Nearly 40 sharks and rays reclassified as threatened, including one species of ray already possibly extinct

Functional consequences of global biodiversity loss guide future nature conservation

Neglected species: 'Living fossil' sturgeon on the brink of extinction

Smaller amphibians have increased extinction risk due to fewer offspring

The impact of geopolitical boundaries on cycad conservation efforts

New study investigates how life on land recovered after 'The Great Dying'

Red wolves are battling high mortality, coyote inbreeding as agencies try to repopulate Outer Banks

Extinction cascading through ecosystems could spell trouble for humans

New study sheds light on Caribbean mammal extinctions, helps guide conservation strategies

Aussie love for animals leaves plants at risk of extinction

Venom-extraction and exotic pet trade may hasten the extinction of scorpions

Earth's position and orbit spurred ancient marine life extinction

Simulations suggest Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere will last only another billion years

Were it not for humans, woolly mammoths would have lived for 4,000 more years, simulation shows

Warming seas could wipe out Snake River chinook by 2060, scientists predict

Farmers and scientists unite for pint-sized pygmies

Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model

Sawfish face global extinction unless overfishing is curbed

Rising water temperatures could be a death sentence for Pacific salmon

Alpine plants at risk of extinction following disappearing glaciers

Monarch butterfly population moves closer to extinction

Parrots pushed to extinction despite protection policies

Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina

Race to save Bangladesh hound from extinction

Risk of extinction cascades from freshwater mussels to bitterling fish

Lake Washington sockeye hit record low, another signature Seattle fish at brink of extinction

A tropical fish evolved to endure rising temperatures – but it may not be fast enough to survive climate change

Global warming is faster than evolution

Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle

Artificial intelligence finds surprising patterns in Earth's biological mass extinctions

Climate change spurring frog extinctions: conservationists

Study shows that Japanese bats urgently require conservation action

Remote Hawaiian island harbors last land snails of their kind

Flightless birds more common globally before human-driven extinctions

It's not too late to save 102 species at risk of extinction

Urgent action needed as 1 in 3 native mammals at risk of extinction in Wales
New placement for one of Earth's largest mass extinction events
Newly discovered primate in Myanmar 'already facing extinction'
Emerald ash borer puts trees on path to functional extinction
Native frogs had hard year, faced fires and harsh ecology
War in the time of Neanderthals: How our species battled for supremacy for over 100,000 years
Extinctions linked to new assemblages of species
Past tropical forest changes drove megafauna and hominin extinctions
The first human settlers on islands caused extinctions
Alien species to increase by 36% worldwide by 2050
Climate change threatens Komodo dragons
Discovery of a new mass extinction
Humans, not climate, have driven rapidly rising mammal extinction rate
Scientists name 20 Australian snakes and lizards on path to extinction
Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate
Warmer, acidifying ocean brings extinction for reef-building corals, renewal for relatives
Fossil pollen record suggests vulnerability to mass extinction ahead
Big mammals at higher risk of extinction in world's poorest countries, study reveals
22 Australian freshwater fish on path to extinction
Researchers assemble first comprehensive list of Panama's trees with geographic ranges
Herbivores, not predators, most at risk of extinction
Is humanity doomed because we can't plan for the long term? Three experts discuss
Giant panda conservation is failing to revive the wider ecosystem – new study
One-quarter of native mammals now at risk of extinction in Britain
US mulls endangered status for Nevada plant in mine fight
Giant, fruit-gulping pigeon eaten into extinction on Pacific islands
Nearly all Madagascar's lemur species 'face extinction'
Overharvesting threatens 'Himalayan Viagra' fungus: IUCN
Farewell smooth handfish: What can we learn from the world's first marine fish extinction?
Stopping koala extinction is agonizingly simple, but here's why I'm not optimistic
Global turtle study highlights extinction risk and roadmap to recovery
Permo-Triassic biodiversity patterns could offer a window into our climate future
Coal-burning in Siberia led to climate change 250 million years ago
New species extinction target proposed for global nature rescue plan
Loss of land-based vertebrates is accelerating, study finds
Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event
Over-harvesting could wipe out water frogs in parts of Turkey
Plan urgently needed to meet threats to human survival
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction
Lacustrine ecosystems needed 10 million years to recover after end-permian mass extinction
In Earth's largest extinction, land die-offs began long before ocean turnover
Eastern monarch butterfly population plunges below extinction threshold
Warming mountaintops put snake at risk of extinction
Reef-building coral exhibiting 'disaster traits' akin to the last major extinction event
Nations seek biodiversity accord to stave off mass extinction
New analysis sheds important light on an ancient mass extinction event
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years, study says
Half-a-million insect species face extinction: scientists
Global warming and extinction risk
Why bumble bees are going extinct in time of 'climate chaos'
Lights out? Fireflies face extinction threats of habitat loss, light pollution, pesticides
Climate change pushing Australia's platypus towards extinction: researchers
Australia's bushfires could drive more than 700 animal species to extinction
Chinese paddlefish declared extinct
Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before—they could do it again
Scientists re-counted Australia's extinct species, and the result is devastating
Were other humans the first victims of the sixth mass extinction?
What is a 'mass extinction' and are we in one now?
Emperor penguins could march to extinction if nations fail to halt climate change
Scientists studied the reasons for plant extinction in different world regions
Evidence that mercury from volcanoes contributed to end-Triassic mass extinction
Microscopic evidence sheds light on the disappearance of the world's largest mammals
Rare, endangered orchids slip across porous southern Chinese border
Report: 58% of Europe's native trees face extinction threat
Tale of two climate crises gives clues to the present
Scientific progress could result in human extinction
Researchers unearth 'new' extinction
Breakdown in coral spawning places species at risk of extinction
Scientists shed new light on demise of two extinct New Zealand songbirds
Oxygen depletion in ancient oceans caused major mass extinction
Ancient die-off greater than the dinosaur extinction
Shocking rate of plant extinctions in South Africa
Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm
Why captive breeding will not save the wild tiger
Now endangered: The very act that protects wildlife
Trump overhauls endangered species protections
It would take 50 million years to recover New Zealand's lost bird species
Vaquita porpoise about to go extinct, researchers warn
Elephant extinction will raise carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere
Climate changes faster than animals adapt
Manmade ruin adds 7,000 species to endangered 'Red List'
Joshua trees facing extinction
World's island conifers threatened with extinction from climate change
Breaching a 'carbon threshold' could lead to mass extinction
Climate change and deforestation together push tropical species towards extinction
Whales targeted by Japan face extinction threat
California's mighty predator, the mountain lion, faces 'extinction vortex'
Troublesome trees: spread of forests contributed to ancient extinction
Undocumented plant extinctions are a big problem in Australia
Study shows recent plant extinctions much more extensive than thought
Leatherback sea turtles likely to go extinct under Trump administration policy, lawsuit argues
Many plant species at risk of extinction—and we're blind to danger this poses to life on Earth
Domino effect of species extinctions also damages biodiversity
Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century
Many species could be even more likely to go extinct than we realise
Invasive species are Australia's number-one extinction threat
Domino effect of species extinctions also damages biodiversity
Here we go again: Earth's major 'mass extinctions'
One million species risk extinction due to humans
Ecologist dissects the science of de-extinction
Disappearing bumblebee species under threat of extinction
Climate change threatens endangered sparrows
New evidence suggests volcanoes caused biggest mass extinction ever
Humans are not off the hook for extinctions of large herbivores – then or now
Evolution imposes 'speed limit' on recovery after mass extinctions
Loss of habitat causes double damage to species richness
Tiger geckos in Vietnam could be the next species sold into extinction, shows a new survey
Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar's megafauna a thousand years ago?
66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
Landmarks to go dark for extinction awareness
Catastrophic failure of Earth's global systems led to the extinction of the dinosaurs – we may yet go the same way
In ancient oceans that resembled our own, oxygen loss triggered mass extinction
Many sharks closer to extinction than feared - Red List
Local extinction of Southern California mountain lions possible within 50 years
Adders are facing near extinction in Britain according to study of national adder population trends
Due to humans, extinction risk for 1,700 animal species to increase by 2070
How the dinosaurs went extinct - Asteroid collision triggered potentially deadly volcanic eruptions
Aussie rodent becomes first 'climate change extinction'
Newly discovered turtle species is facing extinction
It's fish on ice, as frozen zoos make a last-ditch attempt to prevent extinction
Humans' meat consumption pushing Earth's biggest fauna toward extinction
Earth's largest extinction event likely took plants first
Aussie plants facing extinction
How to send a finch extinct
Calls for emergency action plan as myrtle rust pushes plants to extinction
More animal species under threat of extinction, new method shows
Researchers race against extinction to uncover tree's cancer-fighting properties
60 percent of coffee varieties face 'extinction risk'
Central Texas salamanders, including newly identified species, at risk of extinction
Climate change - Effect on sperm could hold key to species extinction
Loss of forest intactness increases extinction risk in birds
Nations 'face extinction' without instant climate action
Biggest mass extinction caused by global warming leaving ocean animals gasping for breath
Climate change may cause mass extinctions, new report shows
Co-extinctions annihilate planetary life during extreme environmental change
Volcanic eruptions once caused mass extinctions in the oceans – could climate change do the same?
Extinction is forever—and ecosystem recovery takes a really, really long time
Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis
PCB pollution threatens to wipe out killer whales
The extirpation of species outside protected areas
Scientists predict extinction risk for hard-to-track species
End-Permian extinction, which wiped out most of Earth's species, was instantaneous in geological time
Cascading extinctions and community collapse in model food webs
Mammal diversity will take millions of years to recover from the current biodiversity crisis
Rates of projected climate change dramatically exceed past rates of climatic niche evolution among vertebrate species

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