extinction
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Restored Film Reveals Last Known Footage Of A Tasmanian Tiger
Archivists in Australia working on the digital restoration of an incomplete travelogue from 1935 discovered that it contains the last known footage of a Tasmanian tiger.
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Interconnected Ecological Threats Could Trigger ‘Global Systemic Collapse’
Humanity is facing a number of grave threats. Climate breakdown and extreme weather are getting worse, we’re in the middle of the world’s sixth extinction crisis, and food and water shortages are affecting people all over the world. These threats are all serious on their own, but research shows that their combined effects could be…
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Bird Species Are Facing Extinction Hundreds Of Times Faster Than Previously Thought
Extinction, or the disappearance of an entire species, is commonplace. Species have been forming, persisting and then shuffling off their mortal coil since life began on Earth. However, evidence suggests the number of species going extinct, and the rate at which they disappear, is increasing dramatically.
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Scientists Sequence The Genome Of America’s Famous Extinct Parakeet
Researchers have produced the first whole genome of the Carolina parakeet, a recently extinct parrot native to the United States. The bird’s DNA reveals that humans (and probably humans alone) brought about its abrupt extinction.