Climate Warming Spells Species Wipeout -- Experts
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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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More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before.
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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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OSLO, Norway  - Ideal for an Ice Age, white fur  used as camouflage by animals from polar bears to Arctic foxes  may be going out of fashion because of global warming.
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Nematodes, which occupy the top rung of the food chain in the Antarctic Dry Valleys, are dying off in an alarming example of change.
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More than 6,000 species of butterflies and other insects, as well as mites, fungi and assorted unloved but important species, will also be wiped out when listed endangered species go extinct, scientists said on Thursday.
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A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.
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Climate change will force some UK species of wildlife to find new habitats, the Wildlife Trusts warn.
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Fossils suggest a worldwide cold spell millions of years ago caused the extinction of many cold-blooded animals in North America, thanks to a reverse greenhouse effect.
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Heathland species are in danger of extinction because of poor habitat, conservationists warn.
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Global warming over the coming century  could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the  dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all  species, a scientist said on Thursday.
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The Earth's climate is out of balance and warming as a result of human activities, a leading scientific society warns.
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One in 10 of all bird species is likely to disappear by the end of the century, according to a study published today. A further 15 per cent of birds could be on the brink
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Blog: Some wet areas of Earth will get wetter with climate change.
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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 Douglas Fischer  SAN FRANCISCO - FORGET THE future. Global warming's impacts -- be they sea-level rise, weird weather or vast ecological die-offs -- are well under way here and now.
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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.