Human-driven extinction cost New Zealand 50 million years’ worth of bird evolution
Losses include but are not limited to those giant eagles at the end of Lord of the Rings.
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8 bird species have disappeared this decade or are on the brink of extinction
This includes the Spix’s Macaw, the lovely birds which inspired the main characters in Rio.
Researchers are one step closer to saving the northern white rhino from complete extinction
With only two females surviving in captivity, the species is functionally extinct.
The birth of forests helped drive two massive, ancient extinctions
They did not come in peace.
Timeline for giant sloth extinction rewritten by new analysis
A little dirt makes a lot of difference.
Giraffes quietly dropped down to ‘Endangered list’
Giraffes have been undergoing a silent extinction.
Shark numbers plummet by 92% in Australian waters
Sharks are declining at an alarming rate.
Exploding stars may have wiped off large ocean life 2.5 million years ago
The planet's largest shark may have been killed by a supernova.
Researchers want to clone 40,000-year-old extinct horse — a step towards woolly mammoth resurrection
A 40,000-year-old baby horse recovered from Siberian ice may help de-extinct species.
Extremely cold climate may have sealed Neanderthals’ extinction
Climate change was unforgiving with the Neanderthals.
‘Survival of the laziest’: species that consume less energy better suited to dodging extinction
For some species, chilling is the best survival strategy.
Bacteria species, too, can become extinct — and they do so quite often
The findings go against commonly-held wisdom today.
One of the world’s rarest mammals is disappearing from folklore
The rarest ape in the world is slowly becoming forgotten.
Ancient volcanism shows our emissions can trigger a mass marine extinction
Ancient volcanism offers a glimpse into the future effects of climate change.
Humans are responsible for the sudden disappearance of world’s largest mammals
At this rate, in a few centuries, the world's largest mammal could be the domestic cow.
Mass extinction event 232 million years ago paved the way for the dinosaurs
The dinosaurs started and ended with a bang.
Humanity killed off mega-herbivores — but climate change might warrant bringing them back
Turns out eating all the mammoth wasn't that good of an idea.
Right whales face extinction if humans don’t intervene fast, NOAA researchers warn
The ocean will be less without them.
After the dinosaurs went extinct, mammals crawled out of the dark to take over
The extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs left many empty niches for the mammals' taking.
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