Tags: Animal extinction

How Thousands of Species Died Through Massive Extinction 550 Million Years Ago

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 11.26.2022 13:07 PM

Recent research sheds light into the cause behind the massive extinction that took place 550 years ago. Read to know what led to the death of thousands of Ediacaran species.

Mice Using Freeze-Dried Cells Cloned Using a Technique That Could Soon Help Animal Extinctions

07.05.2022 10:30 AM

Using freeze-dried cells, researchers cloned mice, a technique that could one day help deal with animal extinctions worldwide. Read to know more about it.

San Diego Zoo Global Successfully Clones Endangered Przewalski’s Horse

09.06.2020 23:41 PM

San Deigo Zoo Global announced the successful cloning of the Przewalski's horse, a critically endangered species. Conservation efforts of endangered species and the revival of extinct species may be possible through biotechnology and other reproductive technologies.

New Study Offers Insight on Human Impact on Mammal Extinction

09.05.2020 21:59 PM

Humans have contributed to animal extinction since the Late Pleistocene, and a new study suggests there are more than 500 species to follow by the year 2100.

Herbivores, Not Predators, Are at Most Risk of Extinction

08.06.2020 10:40 AM

Herbivores are apparently facing the greatest risk of extinction, a new study suggests. Herbivores, animals whose diets revolve around plants, are supposedly facing the highest risk of extinction, a new study suggests.

Japan Resumes Whale Hunting After 31-Year Ban

07.05.2019 08:19 AM

Whaling has been a Japanese tradition for centuries and was particularly important post-World War II to feed the country's poor. Now, the government wants to revive the whaling industry despite growing disinterest in whale meat among Japanese.

Wet Season Subdued the Giant Sloths, Mammoths & Other Megafauna to Extinction

04.21.2017 14:14 PM

Apart from previous theory on how the megafauna such as the giant sloths and mammoths became extinct, a new study blames the wetter season for the loss of vegetation and food.

An Asteroid Impact Resulted to Extinction of Ice Age Animals & Clovis People; Much Like the Fate of Dinosaurs

03.13.2017 03:45 AM

Massive beasts like mammoth, mastodon and saber-toothed tiger suddenly vanished around 10,000 BC together with Clovis people at the end of the last ice age - nobody knows why.

Over 50 Percent Of The World’s Primate Face Extinction

11.26.2015 19:56 PM

Based on the announcement by scientists on Tuesday, this includes apes, monkeys and lemurs. Recent findings revealed that over half of the world's primates are threatened by extinction.

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