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Hace 4 días · Extinction of animals and plants. Read scientific research on the dinosaur extinction, future mass extinctions, and endangered species. What can be done?
Hace 1 día · 5. Climbing salamander. The critically endangered Jackson's climbing salamander was lost for 42 years. It is a cloud forest species known for being "adept at escaping human attention" – except, maybe, for the one rediscovered in 2017 in Guatemala, which was spotted by a park ranger during his lunch break. Discover.
Hace 3 días · Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favourable habitats as Earth warmed following the Last Ice Age.
Hace 3 días · Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, Harvard biologists have sequenced the genome of an extinct, flightless bird called the little bush moa, shedding light on an unknown corner of avian genetic history. Published in Science Advances, the work is the first complete genetic map of the turkey-sized bird whose distant ...
Hace 19 horas · The white or Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is an endemic ungulate of the Arabian Peninsula, hence its name.It is also the largest adapted antelope and inhabits the harsh desertic environment [].Traditionally, the animals were hunted for their meat and hides; however, the hunting pressure, in addition to environmental degradation due to the massive construction and development in the region ...
Hace 4 días · The fate of the woolly rhino tracks with what previous research suggests befell woolly mammoths and other giant animals at the end of the last ice age. “There’s been this debate for a long time of what killed the megafauna,” Fordham says, with opposing camps pushing for either a changing climate or human hunting. “It’s not one or the ...
Hace 4 días · Those species with at least a quarter of their range subjected to a high probability of impact were considered at high risk (n = 2,001) of extinction due to natural hazards. In total, 834 reptiles, 617 amphibians, 302 birds, and 248 mammals were at high risk and they were mainly distributed on islands and in the tropics.
