extinction
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Many in the founding era expected the shutting-off of the African trade to hasten slavery’s extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Like many Kuwaitis, Salem Al-Ghanem still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not liberated it from invasion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
And catching bird flu can push our most threatened species, such as the orange-bellied parrot, to the brink of extinction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Last year, it was confirmed that SWT was considering a licence to release beavers into the county after they were hunted to extinction about 400 years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Unaware that the Diricawl could vanish at will, Muggles believe they have hunted the species to extinction.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
It leads the world in mammal extinctions, and medals when it comes to the loss of other species classes too.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 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
Martindale typically studies ancient coral reefs and mass extinctions.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
The illness is caused by the generalist parasite Plasmodium relictum and has played a central role in the steep declines and extinctions of native Hawaiian honeycreepers.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
But those hypothetical outcomes were foreclosed by mammal extinctions thousands of years earlier.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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South America - Middle School
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Life Science: Genetics and Evolution
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