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Consequences when mosquitoes become extinct
If extinct, 3,500 species of mosquitoes on Earth will now disappear. Among them, about 200 species of mosquitoes are capable of sucking human blood and three species of…
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Canadian scientist 'revives' the extinct virus that once killed 500 million people
Last week, Science magazine reported that a group of Canadian scientists synthesized a strain of artificial smallpox virus.
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The world is going to have to stop bananas in the next decade?
The study, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, reported that some fungal pathogens can cause mass death of bananas.
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The trees that are most affected by climate change
The study of climate change ecologists has detailed how plants in the US will have the hardest time to adapt when the world warms up.
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80,000 species of plants on Earth are about to become extinct
At present, the Earth has about 400,000 species of higher plants. 21% of these are at risk of extinction.
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The most lonely minnows in the world
The only individual left on Earth since dinosaurs, minnows in Durban Botanical Garden in South Africa have been dubbed the world's most lonely tree.
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Bananas are in danger of extinction because of a fungal pandemic
A toxic fungal epidemic is threatening Southeast Asian banana fields and spreading around the world, prompting scientists to warn about bananas.
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3 species of 'strange' endangered bamboo species in Vietnam
Truc is a very familiar tree species in Vietnamese life and is highly symbolic. Many objects dating back hundreds of years are modeled from the image of long bamboo.
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America successfully deciphered the black rhino genome
The black rhino has been hunted indiscriminately, leaving only about 5,050 individuals so it is currently on the brink of extinction.
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What do scientists do to revive dinosaurs?
The resurrection of dinosaurs is extremely difficult and unlike what we saw in the movie.
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Can revive mammoths
A group of international experts completed the genetic sequence of fine-haired mammoths, to study the extinct species and hope to revive them.
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The world's rarest spider species faces the risk of extinction
This spider species was discovered only twice in Plymouth's old limestone quarry - a British city.
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Nearly a quarter of European bees are in danger of extinction
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned that nearly a quarter of European bees are facing extinction.
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Bacterial discovery is the culprit of the end of the Permian disaster
Scientists have recently discovered that the cause has led to extinction on a global scale, leading to the elimination of about 60% of all species on Earth that took pla…
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The species of bees disappears, the species is extinct
The diseases of home bees can spread to bees, bumblebees and natural pollinators for plants.