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Amphibians About Go Extinct? Amphibian Crisis is Worse
2016-05-25 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: As amphibian crisis persists across the United States, scientists are working continuously to come up with an emergency response to reverse their decline. However, a new research has confirmed that there is no simple solution to stop or overturn amphibian declines. Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey said there is no "smoking gun" to shut down the direct cause of their crumbling population all at once, as the new study revealed that reasons for...
Whats Your Favorite Extinct Species? Scientists Top Picks
2016-04-16 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Dozens of species likely go extinct each day, but how many do most of us remember? Besides dinosaurs and the famously flightless dodo, probably only a few. That's why Weird Animal Question of the Week-always a fan of the underdog-tackled Jaiden Gwynn's question: "What are some animals that have gone extinct, either in the wild or completely, that we don't hear or think about often?" Gone " and Forgotten Mark Carnall, collections manager at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History,...
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Monkey Hunting Could Drive These Species Extinct
2016-04-04 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Monkey Hunting Could Drive These Species Extinct The bush meat business is thriving on Bioko Island to the detriment of its primates and the forests they inhabit. Hunting on Equatorial Guinea's Bioko Island threatens red colobus monkeys, which hover on the brink of extinction. It's hard to ignore a red colobus monkey in the forests of Equatorial Guinea's Bioko Island, off the coast of Cameroon. The shaggy, orange-and-maroon-hued primates bark and squawk like barnyard animals. Top notch...
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Scientists discover rare sea snakes, previously thought extinct, off Western Australia
2015-12-21 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: This is a photograph of the rare short nosed sea snake discovered on Ningaloo reef, Western Australia. Credit: Image: Grant Griffin, W.A. Dept. Parks and Wildlife Scientists from James Cook University have discovered …
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Longtime staples of the American diet are in danger of going extinct
2015-12-13 01:38:02| Beverages - Topix.net
Cereal sales dropped 5% from 2009 to 2014. Soda sales per capita are down 25% since 1998, while orange-juice consumption is down 45% per capita in the same period.