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How Saving 1.2 Percent of Earth Could Prevent a Global Mass Extinction

The planet is on the precipice of the sixth mass extinction event. Unlike previous mass extinctions caused by natural events such as asteroid collisions, volcanic activity, and climate change, the ...
Yahoo

Think Extinction Is Rare? 2025’s Red List Shatters That Myth

Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the primary drivers ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

How Stuff Works: Zoos plan carefully to prevent extinction

When most people look at animals in a zoo, what they see are ... well, animals. It is fun to see giraffes, elephants, lions and gorillas up close and personal. But zoos look at the animals in a very ...
The New York Times

An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive.

Credit...Photo illustration by Tyler Comrie. (Georges Seurat, “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884,” via the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection/The Art ...
Science Daily

Conservation efforts analysis reveals which actions are most helpful for endangered species status

Targeted conservation actions are essential to prevent wildlife extinctions, but more efforts are needed to fully recover biodiversity, according to a new study. Targeted conservation actions are ...
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From pets to flocks: How red-crowned Amazon parrots took over Los Angeles

I am not a native of Southern California. Since moving here over a decade ago, I have heard stories of the infamous wild ...