<![CDATA[extinction news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Global wildlife declines 30% in 30 years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-wildlife.html Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0516-wildlife.html <![CDATA[New cures for human ailments under threat by global extinction crisis]]> Medicine Man, a researcher in the Amazon discovers a cure for cancer in a rare ant. However, a logging company arrives at the wrong moment and, despite protestations from the main characters, the company destroys the tract of rainforest where the ant once survived.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0424-hance_biodiversity.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0424-hance_biodiversity.html <![CDATA[New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the 'extinct' Baiji]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0416-baiji.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0416-baiji.html <![CDATA[Humans, and global warming, responsible for extinction of mammoths]]> PLoS Biology. Scientists have long debated whether climate change or human hunting were the more important driver in the demise of North America's megafauna towards the end of the last Ice Age. Now new modeling by David Nogues-Bravo, a biologist at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues supports the theory that synergistic effects of warming climate and new human predators drove mammoths to extinction.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0331-mammoths.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0331-mammoths.html <![CDATA[No global warming link to dying frogs?]]> in the global decline of amphibians. Writing in the March 25 issue of PLoS Biology, a team of researchers led by Karen Lips of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale report finding "no evidence to support the hypothesis that climate change has been driving outbreaks of amphibian chytridiomycosis" -- a disease blamed for large-scale die-offs of amphibians. Other researchers have argued that climate shifts are worsening the outbreak of the fungal disease.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-frogs.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-frogs.html <![CDATA[Half of Madagascar's amphibians may still await discovery]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-hance_andreone_interview.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0311-hance_andreone_interview.html <![CDATA[Saving forgotten species: An interview with Carly Waterman, Program Coordinator of EDGE]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0228-hance_interview_waterman.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0228-hance_interview_waterman.html <![CDATA[Widespread butterflyfish may go extinct due to global warming, pollution]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-butterflyfish.html Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0225-butterflyfish.html <![CDATA[The Panamanian golden frog declared extinct by BBC Natural History crew]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-hance_frog.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0204-hance_frog.html <![CDATA[New research refutes global warming's influence on amphibians' worst enemy]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0130-amphibians_morgan.html Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0130-amphibians_morgan.html <![CDATA[Photos: Top 100 most threatened amphibians named]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0121-hance_amphibians.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0121-hance_amphibians.html <![CDATA[Recovery from worst mass extinction took 30M years]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0120-extinction.html Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0120-extinction.html <![CDATA[As amphibians leap toward extinction, alliance pushes "The Year of the Frog"]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1231-frogs.html Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1231-frogs.html <![CDATA[Migrating frogs fare poorly when habitat altered]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-amphibians.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1219-amphibians.html <![CDATA[Global warming will significantly increase bird extinctions]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-birds.html Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1205-birds.html <![CDATA[Amphibian extinction may be worse than thought]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-frogs.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-frogs.html <![CDATA[Scientists find treatment for killer frog disease]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-frogs.html Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1029-frogs.html <![CDATA[16,306 species threatened with extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-redlist.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-redlist.html <![CDATA[Rare Chinese river dolphin sighting in doubt]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0901-baiji.html Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0901-baiji.html <![CDATA["Extinct" baiji river dolphin spotted alive in China]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0829-baiji.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0829-baiji.html <![CDATA[Scientists meet in Hungary to discuss saving dying frogs]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0827-frogs.html Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0827-frogs.html <![CDATA[U.S. to spend $27M on possibly extinct bird]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0826-woodpecker.html Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0826-woodpecker.html <![CDATA[European blood-sucker falls victim to global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0826-leech.html Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0826-leech.html <![CDATA[Climate change claims a snail]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0813-snail.html Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0813-snail.html <![CDATA[Extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin is confirmed]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0808-baiji.html Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0808-baiji.html <![CDATA[Frog killing diseases worse than thought in California]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0806-frogs.html Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0806-frogs.html <![CDATA[Dinosaurs' rise to dominance was a gradual]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0719-dinosaurs.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0719-dinosaurs.html <![CDATA[Did Tasmanian Tiger survive extinction until 1950s?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0627-tasmanian.html Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0627-tasmanian.html <![CDATA[Past global warming produced monster penguins]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0625-penguin.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0625-penguin.html <![CDATA[Sedentary, not migratory birds, face higher extinction risk]]> Current Biology. The findings have implications for the conservation of increasingly endangered wildlife populations.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0625-birds.html Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0625-birds.html <![CDATA[Highly carnivorous wolves in Alaska killed by global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0621-wolves.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0621-wolves.html <![CDATA[10-20% of birds extinct by 2100 due to global warming, deforestation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-birds.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-birds.html <![CDATA[Did asteroid wipe out America's first people?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0517-clovis.html Thu, 17 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0517-clovis.html <![CDATA[Commercial hunting may be biggest threat to tropical rainforests]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-hunting.html Tue, 01 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-hunting.html <![CDATA[Climate change leaving amphibians behind in extinction race]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-amphibians.html Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-amphibians.html <![CDATA[Neon green gecko key to preventing Mauritian plant extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0417-gecko.html Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0417-gecko.html <![CDATA[Bad news for frogs; amphibian decline worse than feared]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0416-frogs.html Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0416-frogs.html <![CDATA[Protected areas must be adapted to survive global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0403-ci.html Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0403-ci.html <![CDATA[The news of extinction: western media's response to the demise of the Baiji]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0401-baiji.html Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0401-baiji.html <![CDATA[Dinosaur extinction didn't produce current mammal evolution]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0328-mammals.html Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0328-mammals.html <![CDATA[Extinction, like climate change, is complicated]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0326-extinction.html Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0326-extinction.html <![CDATA[Climate change will cause biomes to shift and disappear]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0326-climate.html Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0326-climate.html <![CDATA['Ark' aims to save amphibians from extinction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0215-frogs.html Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0215-frogs.html <![CDATA[Salamander diversity tied to elevation in the tropics]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0213-salamander.html Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0213-salamander.html <![CDATA[Extinction risk accelerated when interacting human threats interact]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0207-extinction.html Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0207-extinction.html <![CDATA[Just how bad is the biodiversity extinction crisis?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0206-biodiversity.html Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0206-biodiversity.html <![CDATA[13% of Florida's whooping cranes killed in weekend storms]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0205-crane.html Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0205-crane.html <![CDATA[Cuteness may determine whether a species goes extinct or not]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0130-species.html Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0130-species.html <![CDATA[Giant carnivorous marsupial beasts not killed by climate change in Australia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0125-australia.html Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0125-australia.html <![CDATA[Europeans may have caused extinction of large mammals in Caribbean]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0125-pr.html Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0125-pr.html