Twenty-one animal species, including the cheetah, three dolphin families and an Egyptian vulture, were added to the list of those in danger of extinction by a UN conference that ended Friday.
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's cuckoo bird, known for its distinctive call, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said in a new report ...
Nearly half of the world's primate species and subspecies are in danger of extinction, according to a study released Tuesday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 5 (UPI) -- A Swiss conservation group says one-quarter of the Earth's antelope species are threatened with extinction and nine species are considered endangered.
... and hunted across the planet for
the last 325m years, but their modern relatives are staring
extinction in the face. Experts warn that one-third of British
species are now under threat, a plight that ...
... twentieth century and is among those considered by the World Conservation Union to be in critical danger of extinction. The project has permitted the documenting of around 6,000 new annual nests in ...
... a startling find announced Tuesday that doubled the estimated number of western lowland gorillas in central Africa, scientists warned that hundreds of primate species remain in danger of extinction.
... the exhaustive study say that from 25 percent to 36 percent of species may be in danger of extinction.
"It is frightening that after millions and millions of years of evolution that have given rise ...
... smallest seals – the Caspian - has joined a growing list of mammal species in danger of extinction. Scientists from the University of Leeds together with international partners have documented the ...
An international team of researchers has carried out the first long-term study into the demographic dynamics of naturally-occurring and artificially-introduced plants of the same species. By using ...
The jaguar, Panthera onca, has become an animal in danger of extinction over recent decades, due to the fragmentation and deterioration of its habitat, as well as hunting and illegal animal smuggling. ...
U.S. might loose technological leadership … Gene modifies cystic fibrosis lung disease … Antelope species in danger of extinction … Malaria drug can kill two lethal viruses ... ...
The situation of bears in the Iberian Peninsula is critical. Researchers have confirmed that brown bears (Ursus arctos) belonging to the Cantabrian mountain range, divided into eastern and western ...
... like the kagu, a bird with no close relatives found only in the forested highlands that is in danger of extinction, and plants like Amborella, a small understory shrub unlike any other flowering ...
Almost a third of species of open ocean sharks are at risk of being wiped out by overfishing, say scientists.
