Many Amphibians on the Verge of Extinction
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Eye of newt and toe of frog may one day be gone from witches grog. Indeed, not just frogs and newts but amphibians in general are rapidly becoming threatened worldwide, a new study shows.
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Description: A long-awaited assessment of frog, toad and salamander populations around the world finds nearly one-third of species are threatened with extinction.
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A third of the world&#39;s amphibian species are in danger of extinction, according to the first-ever global survey of the animals.
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November 17, 2004 (Bangkok, Thailand) - The world&#39;s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, according to the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and a companion study of the data, the Global Species Assessment (GSA).
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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.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out &#151; if not already extinct &#151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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Almost a third of the world&#39;s frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are threatened with extinction within 100 years, according to a study.
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The small frogs that croaked in Diane Butler's backyard pond had been silenced and her goldfish were disappearing. She had the culprit, dead in a plastic bag inside her freezer. Butler's capture &#151; a 4 1/2-inch Cuban tree frog &#151; in coastal Savannah has caused a nervous stir among wildlife biologists in Georgia and Florida.
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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 of extinction according to one of the largest studies of avian biodiversity.
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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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Â· Cargo of abandoned vessel destined for restaurants  Â· Illegal trade drives species closer to extinction.
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Whole species of animals from frogs to leopards, living in vulnerable areas and with nowhere else to go, face extinction due to global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.
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A third of the 394 known species of apes, monkeys, lemurs and other groups are listed as threatened with extinction in a new report from the World Conservation Union.
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They may thrive on land and in water, but amphibians everywhere are in serious trouble and up to a third of species are threatened with extinction, a troubling new study said on Friday.
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Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, experts warn.
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As pollution and a killer fungus decimate frog populations around the world, scientists work to quarantine a stock of healthy croakers. By the Associated Press.
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Ten percent of all bird species are set to go extinct by the end of this century, US researchers said on Monday.