Extinction News
May 18, 2024
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May 15, 2024 Bee and butterfly populations are in decline in major regions of North America due to ongoing environmental change, and significant gaps in pollinator research limit our ability to protect these species, according to a new ...
May 17, 2024 The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous Mazon Creek ...
May 15, 2024 A new article has found that climate change is the most prominent threat to pollinators -- such as bumblebees, wasps, and butterflies -- who are essential for biodiversity conservation, crop yields and food security. The research suggests that many ...
May 16, 2024 In a groundbreaking study an international team of scientists has investigated the evolutionary patterns behind the development of sabre teeth, with some unexpected results along the ...
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May 15, 2024 The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study ...
May 9, 2024 After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 8, 2024 Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, ...
May 7, 2024 How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate. But heat tolerance varies between and within populations, so entomologists examined bee ...
May 3, 2024 A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the ...
May 1, 2024 Amazonia is the home of the largest variety of birds in the world. In such a unique environment, craft cultures have flourished by translating the beauty and creativity of environmental materials ...
Apr. 30, 2024 The 17 species of red colobus monkey living across Africa, including in the Tai Project field station region, have been singled out by scientists as a priority conservation target. Protection of ...
Apr. 30, 2024 As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one scientist has an urgent ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Dinosaurs were likely as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as ...
Apr. 25, 2024 In the boreal forest of Western Canada, researchers have considered that both changing climate and increased habitat alteration have enabled deer to push farther ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 When we think of evolution, we think of a process that happens over hundreds or thousands of years. In research recently published, a species of frog that has evolved over the course of merely 25 ...
Apr. 19, 2024 What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental spill in history, released almost 100 million gallons of oil, causing significant pollution. A decade later, its long-term ...
Apr. 17, 2024 The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Researchers who captured footage of dog attacks on endangered mountain tapirs in Colombia are calling for action to protect threatened ...
Apr. 16, 2024 A new study shows that ocean acidification is changing the mix of microbes in coral reef systems, which can be used to assess ecosystem ...
Apr. 16, 2024 According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than previously thought, but died out again several ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Palaeontologists have described three unusual new species of giant fossil kangaroo from Australia and New Guinea, finding them more diverse in shape, range and hopping method than previously thought. ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Parasites thought only to infect tropical coral reefs have been discovered in a large variety of creatures in cold marine ecosystems along the Northeast Pacific, according to new ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers show that ozone levels, such as those found in many places on hot summer days today, destroy the sex pheromones of fruit fly species. As a result, some natural mating boundaries ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Through the ages, the presence of humans has increased the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and has often had a positive effect on their ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Several similar large, fossilized bone fragments have been discovered in various regions across Western and Central Europe since the 19th century. The animal group to which they belonged is still the ...
Apr. 5, 2024 The study underscores the crucial role of microbes in maintaining coral reef health, akin to the human gut microbiome. Hurricanes and disease outbreaks affect coral reef water microbial communities, ...
Apr. 5, 2024 In a recent study, researchers found that 78% of the world's bird species do not thrive in the most modified human-dominated environments. These species are also most likely to have declining ...
Apr. 4, 2024 The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its former range. Researchers conducted the first range-wide genetic study of the endangered species to ...
Apr. 3, 2024 The earliest dinosaurs had rapid growth rates, but so did many of the other animals living alongside them, according to a new ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary history of ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you've probably never heard of. More than half of the 24 species currently known to exist are considered threatened or endangered at the state or ...
Apr. 2, 2024 The oldest trees in the forest help to prevent the disappearance of endangered species in the natural environment, according to a new study. This is the case of the wolf lichen -- threatened ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Paleontologists Unearth What May Be the Largest Known Marine Reptile
- Marine Plankton Behavior Could Predict Future Marine Extinctions
- Dog Attacks on Mountain Tapirs Highlight a Growing Threat to Endangered Wildlife
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Seed Ferns: Plants Experimented With Complex Leaf Vein Networks 201 Million Years Ago
Monday, April 15, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Tropical Coral-Infecting Parasites Discovered in Cold Marine Ecosystems
- Oxidant Pollutant Ozone Removes Mating Barriers Between Fly Species
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Humans Can Increase Biodiversity, Archaeological Study Shows
- Do Some Mysterious Bones Belong to Gigantic Ichthyosaurs?
Friday, April 5, 2024
- eDNA Methods Give a Real-Time Look at Coral Reef Health
- Four in Five Bird Species Cannot Tolerate Intense Human Pressures
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- These Plants Evolved in Florida Millions of Years Ago: They May Be Gone in Decades
- Older Trees Help to Protect an Endangered Species
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Computational Tools Fuel Reconstruction of New and Improved Bird Family Tree
- Canada Lynx Historic Range in US Likely Wider Than Previously Thought
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Genomic Research May Help Explain Cancer Resistance in Tasmanian Devils
- Going 'back to the Future' To Forecast the Fate of a Dead Florida Coral Reef
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- North American Cities May See a Major Species Turnover by the End of the Century
- Scientists Warn: The Grey Seal Hunt Is Too Large
- Looking to the Past to Prevent Future Extinction
- Biologists Uncover New Species of Tiger Beetle: Eunota Houstoniana
Monday, March 25, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Product That Kills Agricultural Pests Also Deadly to Native Pacific Northwest Snail
- Rays Were More Diverse 150 Million Years Ago Than Previously Thought
- Species Diversity Promotes Ecosystem Stability
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Rope Entanglement Cause of Low Breeding Rates in Right Whales, Analysis Finds
- Sonic Youth: Healthy Reef Sounds Increase Coral Settlement
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Pronghorn Population Declining Due to Human Development
- Gene Flow in Giraffes and What It Means for Their Conservation
- Cheetahs' Unrivalled Speed Explained by Their 'sweet Spot' Size, Finds Imperial Study
- History Repeats as Coral Bay Faces Mass Loss of Coral and Fish Life
Monday, March 11, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
- Mapping the Future's Sweet Spot for Clean Energy and Biodiversity
- Good News for Coral Reef Restoration Efforts: Study Finds 'full Recovery' Of Reef Growth Within Four Years
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Reptile Roadkill Reveals New Threat to Endangered Lizard Species
- New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to Climate Change
- Loss of Nature Costs More Than Previously Estimated
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Fossils of Giant Sea Lizard With Dagger-Like Teeth Show How Our Oceans Have Fundamentally Changed Since the Dinosaur Era
- Fossil Named 'Attenborough's Strange Bird' Was the First in Its Kind Without Teeth
- 8 in 10 Lizards Could Be at Risk Due to Deforestation
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Uncertainty in Measuring Biodiversity Change Could Hinder Progress Towards Global Targets for Nature
- Genetic Research Revealed Several New Fern Species in Tropical America
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Older African Elephants Will Be Most Severely Affected by the Changing Climate
- Counting Rays: Aerial Surveys Reveal Ample Populations in Southeast Florida
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Artificial Reefs Help Preserve Coral Reefs by Shifting Divers Away from the Natural Ones, According to New Long-Term Study of One in Eilat
- Nature's Checkup: Surveying Biodiversity With Environmental DNA Sequencing
- Scientists May Have Cracked the 'aging Process' In Species
Friday, February 16, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Cold-Water Coral Traps Itself on Mountains in the Deep Sea
- Is the Amazon Forest Approaching a Tipping Point?
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Compounds Released by Bleaching Reefs Promote Bacteria, Potentially Stressing Coral Further
- Five Dazzling New Species of Eyelash Vipers Discovered in Colombia and Ecuador
- Australia's Most at-Risk Bird Species Share Some Common Traits
Monday, February 12, 2024
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Monday, January 29, 2024
- Endangered Seabird Shows Surprising Individual Flexibility to Adapt to Climate Change
- Scientists Develop Novel Method to Estimate Biodiversity Loss in Singapore Over the Past Two Centuries
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Study Offers Rare Long-Term Analysis of Techniques for Creating Standing Dead Trees for Wildlife Habitat
- Three-Year Population Study Supports Fight to Save Cameroon's Kordofan Giraffe
- A New Perspective on the Temperature Inside Tropical Forests
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- Sea Otters Helped Prevent Widespread California Kelp Forest Declines Over the Past Century
- Why Animals Shrink Over Time Explained With New Evolution Theory
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Thermal Vision Shows Endangered Numbats Feel the Heat of Warming Climate
- A Global Study Reveals Pathways to Save Threatened Sharks, Despite Rising Mortality Trends
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- The Extinction of the Giant Ape: Long-Standing Mystery Solved
- Scientists Name the Most Common Tropical Tree Species
- In Hot Water: Coral Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
- New Research Sheds Light on an Old Fossil Solving an Evolutionary Mystery
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- With Only the Pawprints, Researchers Study Elusive Bobcat
- Nine New Snail Species Discovered in Papua New Guinea, a Biodiversity Hot Spot at Risk
- Spanish Butterflies Better at Regulating Their Body Temperature Than Their British Cousins
Monday, January 8, 2024
- How Did the Bushpig Cross the Strait? A Great Puzzle in African Mammal Biogeography Solved by Genomics
- Widespread Population Collapse of African Raptors
Friday, January 5, 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- How Technology and Economics Can Help Save Endangered Species
- Common Insect Species Are Suffering the Biggest Losses