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Elephants could be extinct in 15 years
10-19-2009 |
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Conservation experts have warned that African elephants could be extinct within 15 years due to the illegal ivory trade,...
New fears for species extinctions
10-12-2009 | 8
Extinction rates are a lot higher than previously predicted with threats to biodiversity and ecosystems such as pollutio...
What (maybe) didn't kill the dinosaurs
10-4-2009 | 0
A new mechanism devised to explain how icy bodies from the Oort cloud get past Jupiter and Saturn has revealed that it i...
Mass extinction event spared Europe
9-27-2009 | 2
When a massive comet smashed in to the Earth 65 million years ago it caused widespread devastation that saw the end of t...
World's first shark sanctuary in Pacific
9-26-2009 | 2
The Pacific nation of Palau has set up the world's first shark sanctuary to help protect species from extinction. The sa...
Cave dig unearths important finds
9-14-2009 | 1
A cave in Devon has offered archaeologists a treasure trove of ice age animal remains including hyenas, deer and woolly ...
How life survives an asteroid impact
9-13-2009 | 10
When an extinction asteroid collides with the Earth it can create a winter of endless darkness, but scientists have disc...
New creatures in an age of extinctions
7-29-2009 | 2
In an age when entire species are continuing to disappear from Earth's natural habitats on a regular basis there is stil...
Almost extinct tortoise mates aged 90
7-23-2009 | 7
One of the last remaining Galapagos giant tortoises left in the world has delighted conservationalists when a number of ...
India to reintroduce cheetah
7-10-2009 | 13
India are planning to reintroduce cheetahs in to the wild, the last documented sighting was in 1947 and they were offici...
One third of shark species at risk
6-30-2009 | 5
Conservationalists have revealed that one third of the world's shark species are under risk of extinction due to overfis...
Extinct animals could be brought back to life
6-17-2009 | 45
While the idea of bringing extinct species back to life has so far been the subject only of science fiction, thanks to a...
Ancient volcano caused mass extinctions
6-1-2009 | 0
Scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered a previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that would have led t...
Were Neanderthals hunted to extinction ?
5-18-2009 | 31
A controversial new theory has suggested that the Neanderthals may have died out 30,000 years ago because modern humans ...
David Attenborough set to reveal missing link
5-11-2009 | 19
A new BBC documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough is due to be broadcast in the near future in which an alleged ...
"Lost world" of dinosaurs survived extinction ?
5-3-2009 | 2
A new study has suggested that a small pocket of dinosaurs somehow survived the mass extinction 65 million years ago and...
Asteroid extinction theory challenged
4-30-2009 | 2
The theory that a giant asteroid impact 65 million years ago resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs has been called...
Mysterious creatures of New Zealand
4-27-2009 | 1
New Zealand is believed by some cryptozoologists to be home to all manner of undiscovered and extinct creatures, from a ...
Doomsday seed vault's stores growing
2-20-2009 | 12
The number of seeds stored in Norway's "doomsday" seed vault are continuing to grow with hopes of preserving over 100,00...
Scientists clone extinct ibex back to life
2-2-2009 | 40
For the first time scientists have succeeded in bringing an extinct species back to life through cloning. The newborn Py...
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