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Scientists considering freezing coral reef samples to save them

Scientists from around the world who met in Denmark over the weekend to discuss coral reefs believe that they will all disappear from our waters altogether. Things are so bleak they...

Parasites May Have Killed T-Rex

A new study finds Tyrannosaurus Rex may have become extinct due to the work of a small one-celled parasitic organism, which caused lacerations in the dinosaur's jaw bone. The disease trichomoniasis gallinae causes lesions in the beaks of modern birds of prey, and Australian...

Soylent Green, Is this our first step towards Cannibalism ?

Of course it’s all due to longer life expectancy that many more world citizens will suffer from Dementia.  The United Kingdom says there will be so many; the National Heath System will not be able to cope....

Te Hokioi: Maori Man-Eating Bird Legend Is True

A legendary bird that ate humans is more than a Maori legend. Te Hokioi, a bird with talons as big as tigers' paws, existed in the form of Haast's eagle, which became extinct around 500 years ago when humans killed its main prey, the moa. Sir Julius von Haast discovered the...

Urbanization and the Future World

Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization...

Pangolin Fetus Soup, Other "Cures" Drive Trade

Scaly anteaters, pangolins are flirting with extinction because of the demand for pangolin fetus soup.  The scaly anteater reproduces slowly and the increasing demand for the pangolin-fetus soup is driving...

3 species of birds are close to extinction

Three species of birds are close to extinction now due to loss of habitat and deforestation. The Ethiopian Lark, the Galapagos Finch and a certain species of hummingbird from Colombia have all been added to ...

Melting ice pushing penguins to extinction

Climate change may push penguins to extinction with floating sea ice receding in the Antarctic. There is a 33% chance that 95% of the Adélie Land colony in Eastern Antarctica will be gone by 2100 and the...

Britain's rarest spider saved from the brink of extinction

Britain's rarest spider - the Ladybird Spider - has been saved from being wiped out forever after a successful conservation program. They were almost wiped out in the early 90s due to loss of habitat and at one...

Human Consumption of Frog Legs Might Cause Frogs to Go Extinct

Humans are overindulging in frog legs according to recent research. Scinetists suspect that anywhere between 200 million to 1 billion of frog legs are consumed each year. This has detrimental effects on frog...

Brown bears bounce back from brink of extinction in Italy

After many years of facing extinction in Italy, brown bears now appear to be bouncing back, as a successful conservation programme in the areas around Rome has seen dozens of cubs recently roaming the forests. The...

Northern Rockhopper Penguin species nears extinction

The population of the Northern Rockhopper Penguin have declined by 90 percent in 50 years, and this species once had numbers in the million. Now the largest colonies are on Gough Island, with 32,000 to 65,000 pairs...

Single male rhino, 20 something, seeks mate to save species

." KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - He probably hasn't dated in two decades, but the survival of a species may depend on whether Tam can get lucky soon. A male rhinoceros recently rescued on the edge of Borneo's...

110 Tigers lost in last six year from protected area

And the story goes on........count is still on, not of growth but decline.let us see how much time will it take make tiger totally extinct.The illegal poaching of tiger due to high demand of its body parts makes...

Patagonia Indian Tribe Faces Extinction

This has happened to the smaller tribes in the US and is happening now in south and central America.  It is one effect of "progress". " PUERTO EDEN, Chile (Reuters) – Hawking sea lion skin souvenir canoes at one of South America's most remote outposts, Francisco...

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