Animal world
Lemurs face the highest risk of extinction
According to a new report, the lemur in Madagascar has become the first creature on the near-end list. Those who are fans of the Madagascar blockbuster animation series…
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Giant tortoise at the risk of extinction
Leather or leatherback turtles - the largest sea turtle is at risk of extinction due to climate change. The turtle eggs are buried on hotter and drier beaches than befor…
Animal world
Southeast Asia - 'hot spot' extinct
Southeast Asia is currently the extinct 'hot spot' as more species are facing the risk of permanent disappearance, according to the Red List of Threatened Species recent…
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Vietnamese gibbons on the brink of extinction
International animal conservation organizations warn, three of Vietnam's six rare ape species are on the brink of extinction, when the number of species decline rapidly.
Animal world
Freshwater dolphins are about to become extinct
Scaly dolphins are considered the last surviving mammals on China's Changjiang River, after the river's white dolphin has become extinct. Currently, scaly dolphins of fr…
Animal world
Discovered 24 new species of lizard in the Caribbean
US scientists have announced the discovery of 24 new species of lizards in the Caribbean islands, but about half of these species are currently in danger of extinction.…
Animal world
Why do giant dinosaurs give birth to babies?
A new study may explain some of the mysteries of dinosaurs, such as why giant animals give birth to tiny babies, why dinosaurs don't fly again, and why birds today fly.
Animal world
The Tasmanian tiger dies
The Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus), the size of a dog, the size of a dog living in mainland Australia and Tasmania, was hunted to extinction in the early 1900…
Animal world
Unfold the dinosaur secret
New research results by the University of Zurich in cooperation with the London Society of Zoology have uncovered the long-standing secret of the deep causes of dinosaur…
Animal world
African rhinoceros is about to become extinct
The African Wildlife Protection Agency has just released a report saying that in the last five years there have been nearly 1,000 killed rhinos, suggesting that wild rhi…
Animal world
Amur the Tiger has escaped extinction
According to Itar-tass news agency, Safari zoo, Ardeche province, southern France has just welcomed two cubs of Amur at the end of December 2011. This is a rare birth in…
Animal world
40 years from now Earth will no longer have fish
Experts warn, life on Earth will reach the sixth extinction stage. Its predecessor was the fifth great extinction that led to the complete disappearance of dinosaurs.
Animal world
Great extinct Australian mammals
It was humans who hunted that led to the extinction of large mammals in Australia 40,000 years ago, according to a new study published in Science.
Animal world
Rare and endangered striped rabbit
Zebra rabbits have only been discovered for about ten years. They are only available in Vietnam and Laos. According to conjecture, there are only 100-200 children left i…
Animal world
Brown bear in Austria for the second time was declared extinct
The International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) in Austria has confirmed the extinction of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the country after nearly two years of not see…