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By Liz Kimbrough Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species ...
The Earth has gone through many major events over the course of hundreds of millions of years. Some of the most significant ...
A global study finds over 3,500 animal species already threatened by climate change, with invertebrates and marine life most ...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s assault on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, researchers made a heartbreaking ...
Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...
Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic ...
A staggering 22% of migratory animals are facing potential extinction, while some 44% are experiencing notable population decline, according to a "State of the World's Migratory Species" report ...
An orchid and the dwarf date palm are among those listed as critically endangered in the country’s first-ever Plant Red List ...
The globe has already warmed by about 1.3 degrees Celsius from the preindustrial average, which would tip about 1.6% of species towards extinction by 2100, Urban found.
In 2021, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation evaluated the extinction risk of 128 species of fireflies in the United ...
In South America, where there are more tree species than anywhere else in the world, more than 3,000 of 13,668 tree species are at risk of extinction because of crop farming and livestock ranching.