One-third of amphibian species called threatened
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Correspondent | October 15, 2004. The first vertebrate species to begin hopping and crawling on land 350 million years ago may be the first to die out, according to a study released
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More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists said Wednesday.
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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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More birds than ever are threatened with extinction, according to the latest evaluation by the conservation group BirdLife International.
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More than 30% of North America's bird populations are in "significant decline" according to conservationists.
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A purple fluorescent frog is one of  24 new species found in the South American highlands of  Suriname, conservationists reported on Monday, warning that  these creatures are threatened by illegal gold mining.
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Amphibians such as leopard frogs and salamanders are threatened with extinction as their homes dry up and a new disease spreads, possibly as a result of global warming, according to a new study in Science magazine.
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The world&#39;s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, the recognized global watchdog on endangered species said Wednesday in announcing its annual list of most vulnerable wildlife.
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As many as 122 species have disappeared since 1980, and 1,900 are in danger of becoming extinct.
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Amphibians are experiencing a precipitous decline across the globe, according to the first comprehensive world survey of the creatures, which include frogs, toads and salamanders.
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The number of threatened species on the planet is increasing at unprecedented rates across almost all major animal groups, according to the most comprehensive evaluation of the worldâs biodiversity ever undertaken.
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As part of the most comprehensive study on worldwide avian biodiversity to date, researchers from Stanford University predict that within a century, 10 percent of bird species in the world will be extinct, with an additional 15 percent endangered.
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By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 per cent will be on the brink, according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity.
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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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The first vertebrate species to begin hopping and crawling on land 350 million years ago may be the first to die out, according to a study released yesterday that found a third of all amphibian species worldwide are threatened with extinction.
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Close to a third of the world&#39;s amphibians are in danger of becoming extinct, according to the first comprehensive global study of the creatures.
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The future of nearly half of all European bird species is under threat because of man&#39;s impact on the environment, a report warns today.