Extinction Articles

• Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Forest
  Nature
  Environmental Science
  Ecology
   
  

  Deforestation

  Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Fish
  Extinction
  New Species
  Animals
   
  

  Animal shell

  A shell is a hard, rigid outer layer, which has evolved in a very wide variety of different animals, including mollusks, sea urchins, crustaceans, turtles and tortoises, armadillos, etc. Scientific ... > more
• Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Nature
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
  Biology
   
  

  Ecology

  Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms ... > more
• Extinction
  Nature
  Birds
  New Species
  Endangered Plants
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Dodo

  The Mauritius Dodo more commonly just dodo, was a metre-high (three-foot) flightless bird of the island of Mauritius. The dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground. The dodo ... > more
• Birds
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Wild Animals
  Zoology
  Fish
   
  

  Bald Eagle

  The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey indigenous to North America, most recognizable as the national bird of the United States. The species was on the brink of extinction late in the 20th century but has ... > more
• Endangered Animals
  Mammals
  Animals
  Nature
  Invasive Species
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  Black Rhinoceros

  The Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis also colloquially Black Rhino is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, ... > more
• Coral Reefs
  Marine Biology
  Ecology
  Sea Life
  Ecology Research
  Extinction
   
  

  Coral

  Corals are marine animals from the class Anthozoa and exist as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically in colonies of many identical individuals. The group includes the important reef builders that ... > more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Animals
  Wild Animals
  Fish
  Endangered Animals
  Extinction
   
  

  American Alligator

  The American Alligator has a large, slightly rounded body, with thick limbs, a broad head, and a very powerful tail. Males can weigh 500 lbs to over 1000 pounds; one American Alligator allegedly ... > more
• Apes
  Endangered Animals
  Mating and Breeding
  New Species
  Nature
  Extinction
   
  

  Bonobo

  The Bonobo (Pan paniscus), until recently usually called the Pygmy Chimpanzee and less often the Dwarf or Gracile Chimpanzee, is one of the two species comprising the chimpanzee genus, Pan. The other ... > more
• Dogs
  Mammals
  Endangered Animals
  Animals
  New Species
  Nature
   
  

  Red Wolf

  The Red Wolf is the rarest and most endangered of all wolves. It is thought that its original distribution included much of eastern North America, where Red Wolves were found from Pennsylvania in the ... > more

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