Tag: animal extinction
What we’ve lost: The species declared extinct in 2020
The causes of these extinctions range from diseases to invasive species to habitat loss, but most boil down to human behavior.
Koalas face extinction in next 30 years without urgent intervention, report...
"With the trees dying and the streams drying there is a recipe for disaster. Koalas are really on the brink of not surviving.”
Sixth mass extinction of wildlife accelerating quicker than expected
“Extinction breeds extinctions.”
10 species climate change could push to extinction
Species are finding less food, more competition for limited resources, or inhospitable conditions to which they can’t adapt fast enough.
Pesticides are killing off the andean condor
Livestock owners needlessly fear these massive South American birds—and lure them to their deaths with illegal poisons. Extinction countdown is on.
Our Vanishing World: Birds
Birds are being killed with ruthless efficiency by human beings and their activities all over the world.
Saving the vaquita: New promises and new threats
Six months: That’s how much time Mexico now has to report on its progress to save the critically endangered vaquita porpoise (Phocoena...
Wilderness cuts the risk of extinction for species in half
Wilderness areas buffer species against the risk of extinction, reducing it by more than half, a new study shows.Places with lots of...
Possible monkey extinction highlights the risk to Africa’s most endangered primate...
Does a rare monkey still roam what’s left of the forests of Côte d’Ivoire?
“We haven’t given up on...
80,000 left on the continent: Koalas are ‘functionally extinct’ in Australia
"Formerly thought to be common and widespread, koalas are now vulnerable to extinction across much of its northern range."
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Personal interview: Abby Martin what are the prospects for peace?
Abby Martin is an American journalist, TV presenter and activist who continues her work opposing imperialism and promoting peace, as an independent filmmaker and journalist.
Bogus “rugged individualism” corrodes our social fabric, fueling violent protest & pandemic mayhem
Either “rugged individualism” is exposed as a mistaken, scam mythology, disrupting and exploiting what’s good for the many -- or we face something closer to “rugged extinction.”
Oklahoma Supreme Court puts temporary hold on 3 abortion laws due to go into...
“All of these laws have the same goal: to make it harder to get an abortion in Oklahoma.”
Don’t believe corporate America’s ‘labor shortage’ bullshit. This is an unofficial general strike.
What’s really happening is more accurately described as a living-wage shortage, a hazard pay shortage, a childcare shortage, a paid sick leave shortage, and a health care shortage.
Minneapolis cop charged after killing innocent man with patrol car
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced that Officer Brian Cummings has been charged with felony counts of second degree manslaughter and criminal vehicular homicide.