Malaysian wildlife authorities said Monday the capture of a young female Borneo Sumatran rhino had given them a last chance to save the highly endangered species from extinction.
Plants & Animals
Dec 26, 2011
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A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the earth.
Archaeology
Dec 6, 2011
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Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals (megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth?
Ecology
Nov 4, 2011
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Preserving just 4 percent of the ocean could protect crucial habitat for the vast majority of marine mammal species, from sea otters to blue whales, according to researchers at Stanford University and the National Autonomous ...
Ecology
Aug 29, 2011
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Extinction is a focal issue among scientists, policy makers and the general public. Each year, numerous species which are thought to have disappeared are rediscovered. Yet, these rediscoveries remain on the brink of extinction.
Ecology
Aug 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new index has been developed to help conservationists better understand how close species are to extinction.
Ecology
Apr 7, 2011
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With the steep decline in populations of many animal species, from frogs and fish to tigers, some scientists have warned that Earth is on the brink of a mass extinction like those that occurred only five times before during ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2011
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Wildlife conservation strategies may better protect mammals from human activities by treating animals' ranges as multiple interacting small populations, a study finds.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2011
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New fossil discoveries have provided a glimpse into the biogeographic configuration of Africa over the last seven million years.
Archaeology
Feb 16, 2011
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University of Florida researchers presenting new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved 55-million-year-old North American mammal have found it shares a common ancestor with rodents and primates, including humans.
Archaeology
Oct 11, 2010
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