Extinction News

Posted November 6, 2009:

• 'Duck-billed' Dinosaurs: Last European Hadrosaurs Lived In Iberian Peninsula
• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?
• DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Endemic Birds Thrive On Timor-Leste's 'Lost World' Mountain
• First Ever Method To Genetically Identify All Eight Tuna Species
• Catching A Killer One Spore At A Time: Monitor The Spread Of A Deadly Frog Disease

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
• Ancient 'Monster' Insect: 'Unicorn' Fly Never Before Observed
• Sage-grouse Populations In US Intermountain West May Be Threatened By Energy Development, Study Predicts
• Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Ancient Bison Genetic Treasure Trove For Farmers

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Scientists Discover Largest Orb-weaving Spider

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
• Shark Teeth Provide Key To North Sea’s Climatic Past
• Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions
• Conservation: Minimum Population Size Targets Too Low To Prevent Extinction?
• Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?

Posted October 18, 2009:

• Do Three Meals A Day Keep Fungi Away? Protective Effect Of Being Warm-blooded

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Global Seed Banking Milestone Celebrated

Posted October 14, 2009:

• New Type Of Flying Reptile: Darwin's Pterodactyl Preyed On Flying Dinosaurs
• World Will Miss 2010 Target To Stem Biodiversity Loss, Experts Say

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Long Feared Extinct, Rare Bird Rediscovered
• First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa -- World's Biggest Snake
• Sex In The Caribbean: Environmental Change Drives Evolutionary Change, Eventually
• Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Early Hominid First Walked On Two Legs In The Woods

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds

Posted October 3, 2009:

• Quick Rebound From Marine Mass Extinction Event, New Findings Show
• Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease

Posted October 2, 2009:

• New Ancient Fungus Finding Suggests World's Forests Were Wiped Out In Global Catastrophe

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change
• Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely Evolved In Australia, Dispersed To Indonesia

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Hunting: An Extinction Threat To Middle East's Most Threatened Bird

Posted September 28, 2009:

• New Species Discovered In The Greater Mekong At Risk Of Extinction Due To Climate Change

Posted September 23, 2009:

• Frog Fungus Hammering Biodiversity Of Communities

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Proposal To Reintroduce Iberian Lynx On Abandoned Agricultural Land

Posted September 21, 2009:

• New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Tiny Tyrannosaur: T. Rex Body Plan Debuted In Raptorex, But 100th The Size

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Monitoring Illegal Wildlife Trade: DNA 'Barcodes' For 25 Hunted Wildlife Species Sequenced

Posted September 15, 2009:

• For Carnivorous Plants, Slow But Steady Wins The Race
• Barcoding Endangered Sea Turtles

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Flash Recovery Of Ammonoids After Most Massive Extinction Of All Time

Posted September 13, 2009:

• Global Warming Causes Outbreak Of Rare Algae Associated With Corals, Study Finds

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