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Seeds saved birds from mass extinction 66 million years ago
2016-04-23 03:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: The fossil record holds evidence to support both scenarios, depending on which dinosaurs are being examined. The researchers used data from over 3000 fossilized teeth from four different Maniraptora families to study variations in the teeth. Scientists investigating this question have often looked at the diversity of dinosaurs leading up to 66 million years ago. "There were bird-like dinosaurs with teeth up until the end of the Cretaceous, where they all died off very abruptly". While...
Were dinosaurs already headed for extinction before the asteroid hit?
2016-04-19 16:15:48| Extremetech
Dinosaurs may have been finished off with a killer asteroid, but new research shows that they may already have been headed for a disaster all their own.
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Gene drive breakthrough creates weaponized mosquito extinction strain
2016-04-14 20:10:33| Extremetech
Humanity now has the power to intentionally snuff out a whole species, quickly and selectively, through genetic technology. But should we use it?
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Civil War In Congo Pushes Gorilla To Extinction
2016-04-13 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Human beings are not only the casualties of war in the long drawn-out civil war in Congo. The unrest has also adversely impacted the population of the world's largest ape, the Grauer's gorilla, pushing them to the brink of distinction. The last 20 years has seen a collapse in their number, with a staggering 77 percent decline, according to a recent comprehensive report released by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Flora and Fauna International and the Congolese Insitute for the Conservation...
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All Gorillas In The Wild Are Now At High Risk Of Extinction
2016-04-07 03:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The sharp population decline of the Grauer'??s gorilla can be directly attributed to humans. Fewer than 3,800 Grauer's gorillas remain in the wild. That's a 77 percent decline in population numbers of the largest gorilla subspecies group in 20 years, according to a new report released this week. Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Fauna & Flora International note in the study that the rapid fall in population numbers should place the Grauer's subspecies on the International...
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