More Species on Brink of Extinction
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More than 16,300 species of animals and plants are on the verge of disappearing from the planet, with nearly 200 more species approaching extinction within the last year, according to the World Conservation Union&#39;s 2007 Red List of Threatened Species.
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The next century definitely will not be for the birds as the changing world takes a toll on many species. By 2100, about 10 percent of all bird species probably will be extinct, killed off by habitat loss, hunting
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GENEVA - The most common type of gorilla is now "critically endangered," one step away from global extinction, according to the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species released yesterday by the World Conservation Union.
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Disease, climate change and habitat loss are threatening one-third of the world&#39;s fragile species of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, according to the first global assessment of amphibians.
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NEARLY one in three species of frogs, toads and newts in the world is under threat of extinction, according to the most comprehensive global study of amphibians ever conducted.
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Heathland species are in danger of extinction because of poor habitat, conservationists warn.
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BERLIN, May 21 (IPS) - New scientific evidence confirms that human action,  such as carbon emissions causing global  warming, and  industrial-scale search for food, is decimating biodiversity -  and, in some  cases, is driving threatened species to evolve and  adapt at unexpected speed to new living  conditions.
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By Steve Connor Many animals and plants threatened with extinction could be saved if scientists spent more time talking with the native people whose knowledge of local species is dying out as fast as their languages are being lost.
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They say as many as 122 species may have become extinct since 1980 and a third of known amphibians face oblivion. Naturalists describe the creatures as sensitive indicators of the health of the wider environment.
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By 2100, about 10% of all bird species probably will be extinct, killed off by habitat loss, hunting and climate change, conservation biologists estimate.
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Frogs, butterflies, polar bears, and penguins are dying out from climate change much faster than researchers had previously expected, a new study shows.
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THE future of the world&#39;s large wild mammals is threatened by pressures similar to those that caused the extinction of two-thirds of such species at the end of the most recent Ice Age.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has listed the great white shark among the 10 species of animals and trees it believes will most likely become extinct.
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Being the biggest dog might pay off at feeding time, but species that grow too large are likely to be be more vulnerable to extinction, new research suggests.
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More birds than ever are threatened with extinction, according to the latest evaluation by the conservation group BirdLife International.
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Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Species in the air and on the ground are in deep trouble, according to two recent studies tallying steep declines in bird and amphibian populations. Scientists are speculating about the causes.