The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates that wildlife populations decreased by nearly 70% in just 50 years. Deforestation, human exploitation, Pollutionand climate change were the main drivers of the loss. Yet hope is not lost. At COP15 biodiversity summit, which kicked off this week, countries are coming together to tackle such threats. To prove …
The tenacious animals that conservationists feared were extinct Read More »
Dec 10 (Reuters) – Ben Nyberg stood on a sharp ridge along Hawaii’s Na Pali coast, his eyes scanning the leafy nooks of nearby red rock ridges. It was quiet, save for the faint hum of a drone flying among flocks of curious white-tailed tropicbirds. Nyberg aimed the drone closer to the opposite ridge, scanning …
How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hidden in cliffs Read More »
Cheetahs are an iconic animal of the African savanna, but scientists are warning that this majestic cat and other large carnivores are on the brink of extinction – and humans are to blame. Besides spotted mammals, there are wild dogs and hyenas that may soon become extinct due to habitat loss, human persecution, and reduced …
Cheetahs could soon be EXTINCT from the African savannah, study reveals Read More »
The last known blue antelope was probably shot in South Africa over 200 years ago, the only large mammal on the continent to be extinct in modern times. Also called the bluebuck, the antelope was prized for its skin and hunted by European settlers. Yet many details of its time on the planet remain a …
Genome of extinct blue antelope sequenced from 10,000-year-old fossil Read More »
“I can’t tell you how special it is to hold something we never thought we’d see again,” Kyle Jaynes, a PhD student at Michigan State University, said after a trip to South America in search of… harlequin frogs. Jaynes, a member of MSU’s Department of Integrative Biology and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program, was part …
Michigan State Research Shows 32 Species of Frogs Still Exist, Not Extinct Read More »
