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Global Warming Will Result In the Extinction Of Amphibians

A fungal disease in frogs caused by global warming is resulting in the death of entire populations, and also driving them closer to extinction. The threat to biodiversity // as a result of emerging infectious diseases may also result in danger to human beings. ....The study published by the journal Nature, reveals how the warming may alter the dynamics of a skin fungus that is fatal to amphibian...

Poisonous Gas Caused Mass Extinction

The largest ever mass extinction on earth may have been triggered by poisonous volcanic gas which erupted in Siberia 250 million years ago // , according to a new research. This must have happened before dinosaurs came into existence, towards the Permian era's end, when over two-thirds of amphibians and reptiles were wiped out. ..Possibilities like a deep sea methane release, an asteroid hitting...

Humans force yet another species to extinction

Humans are known to damage. And a new study says just that...Due to deforestation and genetic evidence the study points to a catastrophic collapse in orangutan populations// living in the fragmented forests of the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Sabah, Malaysia. Benoit Goossens, Lounès Chikhi, ....The main researcher, Michael Bruford, points that the collapse occurred within the past hundred...

Banana in grave danger of extinction!

Banana which is touted as a great fruits which is full of nutrition may become extinct. The reason is India! Nothing to blame it about but the fact// is that it has been found that almost all bananas traded internationally are of a single variety - the Cavendish - the genetic roots of which lie in India. ....The problem lies in the fact that the Cavendish crop has been threatened by pandemics o...

Tribals in the Brink of Extinction due to Malnutrition and Diseases

In Kumbaribill, a neglected village nestled near the Similipal wildlife sanctuary in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district, deaths due to malnutrition and diseases are// frequent. ...."We are dying of government apathy," lamented a villager. "We are poor and helpless because we are locked inside the forests." If the administration and medical system don't start delivering, the tribals here may well be wi...

One-sixth of Europe's Mammals Face Extinction, Warns Conservation Experts

A comprehensive survey carried out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has said that a sixth of Europe's mammal species is threatened with extinction. ......Unless the trend is reversed, conservationists fear that the European Union will not be able to meet its self-imposed target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010. ......Of the roughly 250 mammal species that live in Europe and western R...

Extinction Risk of Grazing Animals Depends on Reproductive Speed

A new study by researchers from the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, North Carolina, US, has revealed how reproductive speed prevents large grazing animals such as deer and antelope, that are regularly hunted by humans, from becoming extinct. ......The study revealed that though habitat loss and living in a limited geographic area does pose significant risks for extinction of a...

Digital Music Project Aims to Save Tibetan Folk Songs from Extinction

An international team of anthropologists have embarked on a project to save Tibetan folk songs from extinction. ......Led by anthropology professor Gerald Roche, the volunteer-run Tibetan Endangered Music Project (TEMP) aims at digitalizing and archiving all the songs collected online, and return them back to the community. ......"The goal is to digitalize the songs we record and return them t...