Tagged with Extinction

If the elephants go extinct, there will be nuclear war. A few elephants in zoos and game reserves won't be enough - we need the society of the elephant walking this earth. It is as if, through some shamanic magic, they are preventing us from forgetting history (or forgetting ourselves) and unleashing holocaust. Are we ready to listen? (more)

British conservationists are working to repopulate the short-haired bumblebee that became extinct in the UK with descendants found in New Zealand. (more)

Tasmanian scientists have cloned Lomatia Tasmanica (more commonly known as King's Lomatia) to ensure the continued existence of the 43,000 year old plants.

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We’ve made laws to protect our wild world from extinction and exploitation, yet we still imprison and gawk at nature’s most awe-inspiring creatures. What does our treatment of fellow Earthlings say about the legacy we leave for future generations? (more)

We currently consume 130% of what the world is able to produce, and we must immediately and drastically reduce our levels of consumption. How can we in the "developed" world accomplish such a reduction? (more)

Biologists calls the current loss of biodiversity "the 6^th Extinction." This is not the first time that life on earth almost exhausted its available resources before discovering how to jump to a higher order of complexity. Will we figure out how to make a similar transition? (more)