A primitive species of turtles, measuring about 60 centimeters, was among the few terrestrial animals that managed to survive the mass extinction believed to have killed the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, according to a study which analysed peculiar fossils found in France.
The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island said the rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes Saturday due to shock in her system. She had uterine tumors since her capture in March 2014.
Smaller birds and mammals, which can thrive in a wide variety of habitats, are more likely to avoid becoming extinct over the next 100 years, scientists say.
The study, published in the journal Science, argued that falling atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and the replacement of large shrubs and trees by grasslands caused the decline of megaherbivores.
A study by MIT scientists have predicted that the sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history will be triggered by increasing carbon levels in the oceans and may begin around 2100.
In a new study, researchers, it has been discovered that new fossil found in southeast African country of Namibia reinforces the theory suggesting that the world’s first mass extinction was caused due to the planet's
London: Current estimates of the number of cheetahs in the wild are 'guesswork', researchers including those from India have found, amid fears that the fastest land mammal is racing to extinction. A new study
Santiago: The helmeted water toad, the largest amphibian found in the Chile, is in serious danger of extinction due to habitat loss and environmental factors."The Chilean map of species extinction" provides graphic proof of the
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