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World wildlife populations halved in 40 years

Posted in Featured, Science on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Habitat loss and hunting have reduced tigers from 100,000 a century ago to just 3,000.

Mammals Were Meant for the Night Life

Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Experts have recently revealed fossil evidence that indicates that the earliest of mammal ancestors may have started out as nocturnal creatures.

Extinctions During the Human Era is 1000 Times Worse

Posted in Science on 5th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

Amid increasing land development and human-driven climate change, the world's species are becoming extinct 1,000 times faster than they used to.

Biologist warn of early stages of a sixth mass extinction event

Posted in Featured, Science on 26th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Biodiversity may be reaching a tipping point:

See For Yourself How Many Animals Are Close To Extinction

Posted in Featured, Science on 4th Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

Mass extinctions have happened before in Earth's history, for example when an enormous meteorite slammed into our planet and (likely) wiped out the dinosaurs.