Marine life faces large-scale extinction risk
August 22nd, 2012 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 22 (IANS) Marine life faces far greater risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, world's leading marine scientists have warned.Researchers from Australia, United ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Wildlife under unprecedented threat from natural disasters
December 23rd, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have come up with a method to identify wildlife populations likely to experience drastic changes when faced ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Climate change could wipe out red wine by 2050
March 2nd, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 2 (ANI): Clarets may soon become a thing of the past, as they have joined polar bears, glaciers and icebergs on scientists' extinction risk list because of global warming.Experts said ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India facilitating global plan to save animals and plants
October 28th, 2010 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Nagoya (Japan), Oct 28 (IANS) The Oct 18-29 UN biodiversity summit Thursday appointed India as one of the facilitators in an attempt to reach a global deal that aims to ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
A fifth of world’s life at extinction risk: Report
October 27th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): A new report has suggested that an increasing numbers of birds, mammals and amphibians have moved closer to extinction in the last several decades-but not as far as ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
A fifth of world’s life at extinction risk
October 27th, 2010 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Nagoya (Japan), Oct 27 (IANS) A fifth of the world's mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fishes are in imminent danger of going extinct, says this year's edition of the benchmark ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
1 in 5 plants faces extinction
September 29th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the world's plants are as threatened as mammals, with one in five of the world's plant species threatened with extinction.The Royal Botanic ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Resolving Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ of flower biodiversity
September 17th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 17 (ANI): Darwin might have described flower diversification as an 'abominable mystery', but now University of Calgary scientists have come closer to resolving this longstanding puzzle.Drs. Jana Vamosi and Steven ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Deer mice at greater extinction risk from global warming than thought
May 24th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 24 (ANI): The deer mice, which survived previous climate change about 12,000 years ago, may not be able to withstand the current global climate change, warn experts.Excavation of fossils spanning ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Global warming indigestion may push gorillas, monkeys to extinction
January 13th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 13 (ANI): Global warming-induced indigestion could threaten the existence of mountain gorillas and other leaf-eating primates, suggests a new study.Experts predicted that the annual temperatures are expected to rise ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Two thirds of all species of freshwater crab maybe at risk of going extinct
July 28th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 28 (ANI): A new survey has indicated that two thirds of all species of freshwater crab maybe at risk of going extinct, with one in six species particularly vulnerable.According to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Rise in CO2 levels 200 mln yrs ago led to sudden collapse in plant biodiversity
June 19th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that a rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) levels 200 million years ago led to a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Risk of extinction for plants is higher in countries close to the equator
December 10th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the risk of extinction for plants is higher in countries close to the equator than previously thought.The research was carried out ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Smaller families face higher extinction risk
July 13th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 13 (ANI): A new research has determined that smaller families, which are a result of a safer environment, face higher extinction risk than larger families.According to a report in ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Extinction risks for endangered species underestimated due to math glitch
July 3rd, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): A new study has indicated that extinction risks for natural populations of endangered species are likely being underestimated by as much as 100-fold because of a mathematical ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Maths glitch behind underestimating species extinction rate
July 3rd, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) A maths glitch might be behind the gross underestimation of extinction risks of species, a new study contends. Current maths models being used to determine the extinction threat ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Down to last 4, hope breeds for Yangtze turtles
May 22nd, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 22 (IANS) For the endangered Yangtze turtle, it's all down to sex between a centenarian male and an octogenarian female. If they breed, a species will be saved. Conservationists are ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Endangered species can increase extinction risk for other species
May 12th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 12 (ANI): A new study by biologists has determined that an endangered species of flora or fauna may increase the risk of extinction of other species in its ecological ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Butterflyfish facing the risk of extinction
February 25th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by admin
Washington, February 25 (ANI): Scientists have warned that the chevron butterflyfish are facing the risk of extinction.Dr Morgan Pratchett, an expert at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sharks facing extinction risk: Study
February 18th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Sharks might soon be seen in the official list of animals at global risk of extinction, for a new research has shown that they are disappearing from the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |