extinction
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In 2023, a report produced by government agencies, environmental groups and universities found one in six species in the UK were at risk of extinction.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Livieri, 55, is one of a handful of biologists pulling night shifts across the Great Plains to save the black-footed ferret from extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
"The project area-of-influence includes 27 terrestrial species already at threat of extinction."
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The researchers emphasized that favorable temperatures were probably only one reason crocodiles survived the mass extinction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Though it will make survival possible for only a select portion of our population, unless we take extreme measures, we face the eventual extinction of the human race.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
The Australian government's official extinctions list sits at 67, but researchers are confident at least 100 plant and animal species have been lost forever.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
"These extinctions were driven by relatively rapid climate shifts and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions," says co-author Dr. Paul Scofield, Senior Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Climate change, species extinctions, and widespread pollution are all linked to the ways human societies have expanded and intensified their use of natural resources.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Kevin said it was much more likely for extinctions to happen in localised areas, something that has already happened.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Secondly, when climate change causes mass extinctions, sea creatures are usually hit as hard as land dwellers.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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