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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a species of plants or animals. The death of the last individual of the species is generally regarded as the moment of extinction. More than one in four species on Earth currently faces extinction.
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NOV 14, 2018Microbiology
Northern Chile is home to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama Desert.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2018Health & Medicine
The post-industrialized world may have increased our standard of living, but a new study suggests that it may have also ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldNOV 12, 2018Plants & Animals
To most people, a specific fish species would be the same whether it was found at the shoreline or in the middle of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 05, 2018Plants & Animals
If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2018Plants & Animals
Bee populations are in decline all over the globe, raising serious concerns about their current situation among conserva ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study has discovered that Haiti is currently undergoing a mass extinction due to the fact that the country has les ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 29, 2018Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2018Plants & Animals
According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a bevy of different seabirds native to Gough Island n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 17, 2018Plants & Animals
Native to the Gulf of California, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is one of the most elusive porpoises alive today. Not onl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2018Plants & Animals
A whole host of animals exhibit magnetoreception, which is the ability to navigate from point A to point B using signals ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2018Videos
The story of an ancient insect that found itself trapped in amber is not a new one, but does it work?Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Iridium is a hard, dense, silver-looking transition metal often found in high abundance in meteorites. When the higher-t ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 01, 2018Plants & Animals
At first glance, these two South African lion cubs probably look exactly like any other pair of South African lion cubs ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2018Plants & Animals
Around the globe, amphibians of all types are experiencing sharp population declines. Climate change has long been the p ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2018Plants & Animals
The Earth is home to a wide assortment of turtle species, but many populations continue to decline despite rigorous cons ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Animal poachers frequently target elephants because their ivory tusks can rake in a significant profit on the black mark ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2018Plants & Animals
In the world of animal conservation, head-starting is a technique used by experts to prevent threatened species from inc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2018Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the globe, marine variants included, are projected to decline as climate change rears its ugly ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture and habitat loss have put huge pressures on bee populations. Those aren't the only problems bees are facing.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
Bye to the ban on neonics, bye to the bees An Obama-era ban on the use of neonicotinoids, pesticides which are known for ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 06, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The isolation of islands can have a powerful effect on the genetics of the residents.Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2018
Microbiology
Northern Chile is home to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama Desert.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2018
Health & Medicine
The post-industrialized world may have increased our standard of living, but a new study suggests that it may have also
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
NOV 12, 2018
Plants & Animals
To most people, a specific fish species would be the same whether it was found at the shoreline or in the middle of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
Bee populations are in decline all over the globe, raising serious concerns about their current situation among conserva
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
Elephant birds were massive birds that went extinct a long time ago. Some estimates suggest the last of the species peri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study has discovered that Haiti is currently undergoing a mass extinction due to the fact that the country has les
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
Climate change is having a profound impact on global animal populations, and as the results of a study published this we
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2018
Plants & Animals
According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a bevy of different seabirds native to Gough Island n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 17, 2018
Plants & Animals
Native to the Gulf of California, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is one of the most elusive porpoises alive today. Not onl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2018
Plants & Animals
A whole host of animals exhibit magnetoreception, which is the ability to navigate from point A to point B using signals
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2018
Videos
The story of an ancient insect that found itself trapped in amber is not a new one, but does it work?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Iridium is a hard, dense, silver-looking transition metal often found in high abundance in meteorites. When the higher-t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
At first glance, these two South African lion cubs probably look exactly like any other pair of South African lion cubs
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2018
Plants & Animals
Around the globe, amphibians of all types are experiencing sharp population declines. Climate change has long been the p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2018
Plants & Animals
The Earth is home to a wide assortment of turtle species, but many populations continue to decline despite rigorous cons
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animal poachers frequently target elephants because their ivory tusks can rake in a significant profit on the black mark
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
In the world of animal conservation, head-starting is a technique used by experts to prevent threatened species from inc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animal populations around the globe, marine variants included, are projected to decline as climate change rears its ugly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Agriculture and habitat loss have put huge pressures on bee populations. Those aren't the only problems bees are facing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Bye to the ban on neonics, bye to the bees An Obama-era ban on the use of neonicotinoids, pesticides which are known for
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The isolation of islands can have a powerful effect on the genetics of the residents.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch