At Least a Third of All Marine Species Are Still Unknown
The most comprehensive assessment of ocean life has revealed that one-third to two-thirds of all species are still unknown to science. The scientists published their…
Extinction News
Study Looks at the Role of Climate Change in Extinction
A newly published study examines the role of climate change in extinction, finding that very few populations have gone extinct simple because it got too…
A Fifth of All Invertebrates on Earth Threatened by Extinction
One in five of Earth’s invertebrate species is currently threatened with extinction. These creatures represent 99% of the biodiversity on Earth. Until now, scientists haven’t…
Extinctions Due to Habitat Loss are Proportional to the Area Destroyed
While studying extinction threat due to habitat loss, scientists found that the relationship between geographic area and richness of species primarily depends on the mean…
Previously Thought Extinct Sri Lankan Kandyan Dwarf Toad Reappears
The Sri Lankan Kandyan dwarf toad (Adenomus kandianus) was thought to be extinct. It’s still listed as extinct, and hadn’t been seen in almost 135…
Earth Recovered 10 Million Years After Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
The greatest mass extinction pulse was the Permian-Triassic extinction event, and it happened about 250 million years ago, nearly wiping out life on Earth. It…
Reproductive Cycle Put Dinosaurs at a Disadvantage
In a published study, scientists from the University of Zurich and Zoological Society of London describe how they believe the reproductive cycle of egg laying…
Native Hawaiian Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct
Scientists have confirmed that there have been no sightings of the copper striped blue-tailed skink in the Hawaiian Islands since the 1960s and are now…
Poisonous Dendrobatidae Frogs are Aposematic Organisms and Critically Endangered
These colorful photos of two species of Dendrobatidae, from the Reptile House at the London Zoo, feature these critically endangered amphibians in all of their…
Female Sumatran Rhino May Be The Key to Saving The Species
As Sumatran rhino numbers continue to decrease and head towards extinction, the race is on to find a breeding pair to start their long-term preservation….
