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Life on Earth could be facing threat from a catastrophic "supervolcano" which seismologists believe is due to erupt in 200 million years` time.
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Bounty hunting and not disease drove the Tasmanian tiger, a predator native to Australia, to extinction, says a new study.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2012, 19:31
Saber-toothed cats and American lions were not driven to extinction by lack of food, a new study has revealed.
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Marine animal groups like ammonoids and conodonts already peaked three or four million years earlier, namely still during the Ear-ly Triassic, researchers say.
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A humble microbe, instead of a devastating meteorite or a catastrophic volcanic eruption, wiped off over 90 percent of the species on Earth 251-million-years ago.
Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 16:29
A higher fequency of extreme conditions such as cyclones and droughts, spurred by climate change, could subject mammals to a greater risk of extinction, a zoological study says.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 11:33
For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 14:38
Climate change alone could lead to the extinction of wild Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) well before the end of this century, a new study has revealed.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 16:46
British scientists have created the world’s first family tree linking all living birds, revealing when and where they evolved and diversified since dinosaurs walked the earth.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 28, 2012, 21:24
The Pembroke Welsh Corgi, the breed favoured by the Queen, has been placed on a watchlist of endangered dogs in the UK for the first time.
Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012, 12:58
For five million years after the worst mass extinction in Earth`s history, much of the planet was simply too hot for anything to survive, researchers have revealed.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 08:52
Mankind`s closest living relatives, the apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates, are on the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation measures, according to a report.
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