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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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JUL 24, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists can celebrate a small win in the ongoing war against rhino poaching this week. According to a re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2017Plants & Animals
The northern white rhino is quickly hurtling towards extinction. For many years. animal poachers plinked them off one-by ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2017Plants & Animals
An ongoing problem today is how some of the world’s largest carnivorous animals are losing their homes and roaming ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2017Plants & Animals
It was only yesterday that over $9 million worth of ivory was seized by authorities in Hong Kong, but today, news has su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2017Plants & Animals
A couple of problems that continue to plague regions of Africa, where elephants roam the wilderness, are the constant th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2017Plants & Animals
There's a high probability of vaquita porpoises going extinct very soon, and there's only a small window of oppo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2017Plants & Animals
It seems, another day, another animal on the brink of extinction. Only this time, the spotlight is being focused on hen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2017Plants & Animals
A small island dubbed São Tomé resides in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea, just West of Africa, and it ju ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2017Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2017Plants & Animals
Gray seals were recently facing the very real threat of extinction given that they were being over-hunted and how enviro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Orangutans are already a generally elusive animal species considering they’re endangered because of habitat loss a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Although paleontologists have been finding animal fossils in the form of bones and bone-shaped rocks for eons, full-bodi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Portuguese researchers recently made a breakthrough discovery while they were studying a particular fish known as Squali ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2017Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2017Plants & Animals
If there’s one kind of animal in the wild that doesn’t get as much attention as it should, it just might be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Microbiology
If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with ...Written By: Kerry Evans
JUL 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists can celebrate a small win in the ongoing war against rhino poaching this week. According to a re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
The northern white rhino is quickly hurtling towards extinction. For many years. animal poachers plinked them off one-by
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
An ongoing problem today is how some of the world’s largest carnivorous animals are losing their homes and roaming
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
It was only yesterday that over $9 million worth of ivory was seized by authorities in Hong Kong, but today, news has su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
A couple of problems that continue to plague regions of Africa, where elephants roam the wilderness, are the constant th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
There's a high probability of vaquita porpoises going extinct very soon, and there's only a small window of oppo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
It seems, another day, another animal on the brink of extinction. Only this time, the spotlight is being focused on hen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
A small island dubbed São Tomé resides in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea, just West of Africa, and it ju
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
Gray seals were recently facing the very real threat of extinction given that they were being over-hunted and how enviro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Orangutans are already a generally elusive animal species considering they’re endangered because of habitat loss a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although paleontologists have been finding animal fossils in the form of bones and bone-shaped rocks for eons, full-bodi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Portuguese researchers recently made a breakthrough discovery while they were studying a particular fish known as Squali
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Many scientists call our current geologic epoch the Anthropocene, which refers to the period during which human act
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
The vaquita is on its way out, according to experts who’ve been studying the elusive Mexican porpoise in the Gulf
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
If there’s one kind of animal in the wild that doesn’t get as much attention as it should, it just might be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Microbiology
If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans