Chinese seabird on verge of extinction
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The Chinese crested tern, a rare sea bird whose eggs are prized by some as a delicacy, is likely to be extinct in five years if authorities do not step up protection efforts, a conservation group said Friday.
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A 121 million-year-old baby bird,  fossilized while still curled in its egg, has been found in China.
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WUHAN:  Chinese scientists said they will continue to search for the rare white-flag (baiji) dolphin although it is possibly extinct after a 38-day search failed to find any in the Yangtze River.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble. An icon of conservationists, the bald eagle was on the brink of extinction in America&#39;s lower 48
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The baiji, a rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for 20 million years, is effectively extinct, an international expedition declared after ending a fruitless search of its Yangtze River habitat.
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(National-NBC) Dec. 14, 2004 - Conservation biologists say ten percent of all bird species could be extinct in the next 100 years.
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Unique and endangered wildlife living on spectacular limestone outcrops in Southeast Asia face the threat of extinction due to mining and other human impacts, according to a new study.
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A zoo in the Gulf has bred a bird which is threatened by the fast pace of development in the region.
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EDMONTON - An extra 6,000 species of butterflies and other small creatures will be wiped out if their endangered plant and animal hosts go extinct, scientists say.
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Experts say a large white animal swimming in the Yangtze River is a member of a dolphin species unique to China and feared extinct.
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Science & environment: China's greatest river has fallen to its lowest level since 1866, threatening endangered species
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GUANGZHOU, China  - In southern China, it doesn't  matter if an animal is an endangered species. As long as it  walks, wriggles or jumps, it's good enough for the pot.
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Gorillas, corals and vultures are all  closer to extinction, according to the latest bleak analysis of the natural world.
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Science & environment: Operation underway to halt a feared invasion of rats from destroying important seabird breeding station
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threatened that they may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change, scientists say. &quot;The number of bird species in trouble across Europe is rising,&quot; said BirdLife, a British-based conservation group.
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By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER  PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal proposal would slash the critical habitat in Oregon, Washington and California set aside under the Endangered Species Act for the marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird, by about 95 percent, to 221,692 acres.  The U.S.
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As many as 122 species have disappeared since 1980, and 1,900 are in danger of becoming extinct.