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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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APR 04, 2018Plants & Animals
Earth’s mountaintops generally exhibit harsher environmental conditions than we’d anticipate at normal eleva ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Learning more about epidemics is critical for a growing human population that may face such a crisis in the future.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2018Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the North Atlantic right whale as an endangered ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2018Plants & Animals
Only three Northern white rhinos remained on the entire planet, but that number dropped to just two on Tuesday after Sud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2018Earth & The Environment
Want to save the bees? Stop cutting your lawn. According to a new study published in Biological Conservation, suburban r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2018Videos
Thousands of animals are considered "endangered" species, and it seems like more are being added to that list with each ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a hot topic (literally), but sometimes it’s hard to get past the doomsday media and understand t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
Does climate change keep you up at night? Between thinking about wildfires and ocean acidification and starving polar be ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 09, 2018Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
To add another problem to ocean life, on top of plastic waste and overfishing, let’s introduce dead zones! Dead zo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 26, 2017Plants & Animals
A whole host of animals around the globe face the very real threat of imminent extinction, and one of those just happens ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 25, 2017Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2017Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List recognizes the cheetah as a “vulner ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 08, 2017Videos
Many species have gone extinct, an estimated five billion, over the course of history. Humans are to blame to for the lo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2017Plants & Animals
Deforestation around the globe has a negative impact on the wildlife that depends on forests and jungles to survive. One ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 05, 2017Technology
LAB-IN-A-BOX portable DNA barcoding kit makes quick species identification possible within a few hours.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 28, 2017Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Man’s best friend isn’t just cute and cuddly, but dogs also make for powerful tracking tools. Law enforcemen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 21, 2017Plants & Animals
Albatrosses all around the world are in trouble. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognize ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2017Plants & Animals
If you follow animal conservation, then you might be familiar with the vaquita. It’s an elusive porpoise native to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2017Plants & Animals
For years you’ve heard that six great ape species walk the Earth, but a new scientific discovery indicates that th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2017Videos
Have you ever heard of a tardigrade before? It's perhaps one of the world's most durable life forms, and say they've sur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Investigations are ongoing after more than 130 deceased Baikal seals have washed up on the coast of the landlocked Lake ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 25, 2017Videos
Animal poaching is a notable problem around the globe. Thousands of animals are slaughtered every year for monetary gain ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
Earth’s mountaintops generally exhibit harsher environmental conditions than we’d anticipate at normal eleva
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Learning more about epidemics is critical for a growing human population that may face such a crisis in the future.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2018
Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the North Atlantic right whale as an endangered
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2018
Plants & Animals
Only three Northern white rhinos remained on the entire planet, but that number dropped to just two on Tuesday after Sud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Want to save the bees? Stop cutting your lawn. According to a new study published in Biological Conservation, suburban r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2018
Videos
Thousands of animals are considered "endangered" species, and it seems like more are being added to that list with each
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is a hot topic (literally), but sometimes it’s hard to get past the doomsday media and understand t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Does climate change keep you up at night? Between thinking about wildfires and ocean acidification and starving polar be
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 09, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
There is an extinction scenario that human kind has not paid enough attention to: gamma-ray bursts. To astronomers
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
To add another problem to ocean life, on top of plastic waste and overfishing, let’s introduce dead zones! Dead zo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
A whole host of animals around the globe face the very real threat of imminent extinction, and one of those just happens
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List recognizes the cheetah as a “vulner
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 08, 2017
Videos
Many species have gone extinct, an estimated five billion, over the course of history. Humans are to blame to for the lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
Deforestation around the globe has a negative impact on the wildlife that depends on forests and jungles to survive. One
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 05, 2017
Technology
LAB-IN-A-BOX portable DNA barcoding kit makes quick species identification possible within a few hours.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Man’s best friend isn’t just cute and cuddly, but dogs also make for powerful tracking tools. Law enforcemen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
Albatrosses all around the world are in trouble. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognize
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you follow animal conservation, then you might be familiar with the vaquita. It’s an elusive porpoise native to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
For years you’ve heard that six great ape species walk the Earth, but a new scientific discovery indicates that th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2017
Videos
Have you ever heard of a tardigrade before? It's perhaps one of the world's most durable life forms, and say they've sur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Investigations are ongoing after more than 130 deceased Baikal seals have washed up on the coast of the landlocked Lake
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 25, 2017
Videos
Animal poaching is a notable problem around the globe. Thousands of animals are slaughtered every year for monetary gain
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard