Mass Extinction

• 1 million species face extinction as humans plunder nature at ‘unprecedented’ rate

  More than 1 million species are likely to go extinct, many within decades, unless their habitats are restored through dramatic change, a UN report says.

  World

  May 6, 2019
  
• Humans have a long history with extinction. A new report says we’re wiping out more species

  A WWF report says humanity has wiped out 60 per cent of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970.

  Environment

  Oct 30, 2018
  
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• Asteroid that killed dinosaurs almost wiped out mammals: study

  While it is largely accepted that a large asteroid that slammed into Earth caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, it turns out that it nearly wiped out mammals as well.

  Science

  Jun 20, 2016
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• The great disappearance of the passenger pigeon – and a comeback?

  The passenger pigeons were masters of the sky. They made up nearly 40% of North America’s entire bird population. But a half century later they were gone.

  Oct 24, 2014
• Are we in the midst of a mass extinction?

  There have been 5 mass extinctions -- the loss of 75 per cent or more of the world's species -- in Earth's history. Scientists now believe that we are at the early stages of the sixth.

  Environment

  Oct 6, 2014