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Some scientists say the worst mass extinction since the dinosaur demise is underway, and humans are at least partly to blame. Amid the doom, some tales of hope.
The success stories of the bald eagle, American alligator, and blue poison frog give species on the brink of extinction something to live for. LiveScience takes a close look at the most impressive comeback kids.
Several species of large mammals are recovering after years of decline in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Survivors of a frog species that was thought to be extinct have been found.
What killed the mammoths? A new explanation is instantly controversial.
A new study indicates that early North Americans could have over-hunted wild horses into extinction.
In the most dramatic of the scenarios, models forecasted a potential loss of 56,000 plant species and 3,700 vertebrate species.
Yucatan crater was carved too soon to be the smoking gun, some say. Others stick to the standard theory.
Changes to Earth’s biodiversity have occurred more rapidly in the past 50 years than at any time in human history.
Mammals living in areas untouched by humans are at the greatest risk.
Conservation efforts and wild reproduction help black-footed ferrets make a comeback.
Overfishing of some deep-sea fish could affect the rest of the ocean.
Christmas trees and other conifers seem to have lousy plumbing systems and should be extinct. A new study reveals how they thrive.
Humans, not warming climate, killed off the giant mammals that roamed North America during the last Ice Age.
The New Zealand moa took ten years to reach full size, making it vulnerable to hunters.
One million years ago, elephants and their cousins roamed the five major continents of the earth. Then humans came along.
Low levels of oxygen made for a sluggish recovery from the Great Dying 250 million years ago.
A new report lists the 25 most endangered primates and says several are in a grave state.
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