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ExtinctionArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml/list.htmlDaily Monitor,As recently as the mid-1990s, considerable parts of Kinawataka near Mbuya in Kampala constituted a bustling wetland that was fed by five streams and Perth Zoo shows off Sumatran tiger cubs - 16 Nov 2008 NEWS.com.au,THREE rare Sumatran tiger cubs, destined to join an international breeding program to save the species from extinction, have made their public debut at Green issues leave students colour blind - 16 Nov 2008 The Age,Less than half of the Australian students see species extinction, energy shortages, forest clearing or nuclear waste as something to worry about. The Ballot Heard 'Round The World - 16 Nov 2008 OpEdNews,Never has a political movement been so exquisitely poised to finish the job of driving itself into extinction. Never has a movement so radically failed at Banks Left out of TARP Bailout Could Face Extinction - Nov 13, 2008 TIMEBy Stephen Gandel Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 The Treasury Department's efforts to stabilize the financial system may push a number of banks out of business. Buena Vista Museum on Brink of Extinction - Nov 14, 2008 KGET 17,Bakersfield's Buena Vista Museum of Natural History has preserved historic treasures in the area for years, but a slow down in funding could cause the Antelope faces extinction as battle for the Springbok emblem grips ... - Nov 14, 2008 Scotsman,By Fred Bridgland WHEN the Springboks leap on to the Murrayfield grass this afternoon, look carefully at the green and gold jersey to see if the beautiful Ugandan tribes face extinction - Nov 14, 2008 New Vision,By Ben Okiror THIRTY percent of Uganda’s tribes could be extinct by 2015. Six tribes have declined at a rate of more than 95% in five years. 'Song of Extinction' at [Inside] the Ford - Nov 13, 2008 Los Angeles Times,Contemplating the fragility of life at the individual, racial and species levels, EM Lewis' new drama, "Song of Extinction," artfully balances its theme of Sharks and rays off UK shores critically endangered and facing ... - Nov 11, 2008 guardian.co.uk,Photograph: Dan Burton/Alamy More than a quarter of sharks and rays in the north-east Atlantic face extinction through the effects of overfishing, Boll weevils near extinction in Mississippi - Nov 10, 2008 The Associated PressSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A small insect pest that drove many Mississippi cotton farmers to the brink of despair a few years ago now finds its days numbered. Alabama home to half of the Southeast's 12 most endangered fish - Nov 13, 2008 al.com,So Alabama also has the most fish that are close to extinction, said Bernie Kuhajda, a University of Alabama researcher and chairman of the Southeastern Whooping crane no longer on brink of extinction - Nov 13, 2008 Dekalb Daily Chronicle,On the brink of extinction in the 1940s, the tallest bird in North America has received an assist from the technological assets of mankind, as the Whooping Death By Hyperdisease: How DNA Detective Work Explains Extinction ... - Nov 5, 2008 Science Daily (press release)This study is the first to demonstrate extinction in a mammal because of disease, supporting the hypothesis proposed a decade ago that "hyperdisease Nick Denton's Forecast Of Media Doom - Nov 12, 2008 Gawker,Instead they're sleepwalking into economic extinction—even those lean online ventures which were supposed to take up the mantle and preserve New York's Humanity's footprints lead to extinction - Nov 14, 2008 Shanghai Daily,The disastrous results include resource depletion, species extinction and probable eradication of places where humans can survive. Taipans teetering on brink of extinction - Nov 14, 2008 The West Australian,Perth Wildcats fans should take a long hard look at Cairns tonight. It might be one of the last times they ever see the Taipans franchise at Challenge Baghdad's Jews on precipice of extinction - Nov 12, 2008 Toronto Star,BAGHDAD–One of the last eight Jews in Baghdad, a portly retired accountant, erupts in a bellyful of laughter when asked why he never married. Activity of small-scale fishermen at risk of extinction - Nov 14, 2008 AsiaNews.it,...by Melani Manel Perera Industrialization, uncontrolled development along the coastline, and ocean pollution threaten to swamp the resources of small-scale Measuring extinction, species by species - Nov 5, 2008 Reuters...are also "possibly extinct," the worst category short of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List. Creationist Sarah and the politics of extinction - Oct 31, 2008 The Canberra Times,Palin's political extinction may be only days away but somebody really should have asked this question of the woman who has advocated the discussion of Game players stave off human extinction - Oct 28, 2008 CNET News,If you knew the human race was facing imminent extinction, what would you do? For the folks at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto, Calif. Aztec legend in danger of extinction - Nov 3, 2008 Chicago Tribune,But the foot-long axolotl, also known as the "water monster" and the "Mexican walking fish," is in danger of extinction, a victim of pollution and Are Gypsies on the Verge of Extinction in Europe? - Nov 13, 2008 Khaleej Times,History has a way of reminding us that its lessons should not be forgotten. It was not so long ago that Hitler’s infamous Nazi regime set about “purifying� Genetically Unique Plants Matter Most in Current Mass Extinction - Oct 21, 2008 Environment News ServiceSANTA BARBARA, California, October 21, 2008 (ENS) - The sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals is underway, scientists say, warning that nearly 50 Liquid limits on extinction list - Nov 13, 2008 Columbus Dispatch,By Debbie Gebolys A family makes its way through the "family lane" at Concourse B at Port Columbus. The lane was opened in September. Atlantic sharks facing extinction - Nov 12, 2008 Western Morning News,SOME of the region's most well-known visitors are facing extinction because of the effects of over-fishing, conservationists have warned. In the Year 2025... We may think ourselves into extinction - Nov 12, 2008 Winston-Salem Journal,By John Tierney SAN DIEGO -- In Vernor Vinge's version of Southern California in 2025, there is a school named Fairmont High with the motto, "Trying hard Cross-breeding coral fights extinction - Oct 20, 2008 The Age,Scientists have discovered rare corals breaking the traditional rules of nature and cross-breeding their way out of extinction. New research by the ARC Scientists Work to Save the "Desperate Dozen" from Extinction - Nov 12, 2008 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),This year, the Southeastern Fishes Council will focusmuch of their time and energy on "The Desperate Dozen," twelve species on the brink of extinction. World Map of Birds at Risk - Nov 15, 2008 ScienceBlogsA total of 9934 bird species were assessed for threatened species status by 2004; 1213 species were at risk of global extinction. Brochures On CD(TM) Push Print Catalogs Down the Road of Extinction - Oct 23, 2008 MarketWatchPrint Catalogs Are Simply Too Expensive to Re-Produce And Mail ... Market Innovation Of Brochure On CD Provides Alternative That Saves Money and Earns Rare cow species near extinction - Nov 3, 2008 The Statesman,3: Extinction of a rare species of cow, known as the Siri, has forced the Jalpaiguri district animal resource development department to sit up and Critically Endangered Fruit Bat Make Dramatic Return From Brink Of ... - Nov 1, 2008 Science Daily (press release)1, 2008) — A once critically endangered bat species, the ‘Pemba flying fox’, has made a dramatic return from the brink of extinction, according to new A Conversation With Stuart L. Pimm - Nov 4, 2008 New York Times,...‘I realized that extinction was something that as a scientist, I could study. I could ask, Why do species go extinct?’ ‘I realized that extinction was Apfo’or — Ifugao cultural masterpiece in danger of extinction - Nov 5, 2008 GMA news.tv,BAGUIO, Philippines – Another national treasure in Ifugao, the ancient apfo’or or burial tombs, are under threat of extinction and needs rescue urgently, Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin Travels the Globe to Solve the Mystery ... - Nov 13, 2008 MarketWatchHabitat loss, climate change and a deadly fungus, chytrid, have led to a dramatic increase in extinction rates among amphibians, causing a global population Melbourne Museum of Printing facing extinction - Nov 11, 2008 ProPrint,...by Daniel Fitzgerald The Melbourne Museum of Printing, one of the world's largest collections of preserved printing machinery and artifacts, Fish could face extinction if barrage is allowed, campaigners say - Oct 29, 2008 Weston & Somerset Mercury,FISH stocks in rivers leading to the Severn Estuary could face extinction if a barrage is built, according to campaigners. Members of the Stop the Barrage Saving horses from extinction - Nov 10, 2008 Meridian Booster,Petrukovich hopes her research will help identify any nutritional deficiencies of the horses and help other animals on the verge of extinction. National parks boost fails to dampen extinction fears - Oct 29, 2008 ABC Online,Spokeswoman Penny Figgis says more than 1500 species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction across Australia, while more than 100 are considered Cornish delight - Nov 14, 2008 Financial Times,Yet, until recently, Penzance was like a dinosaur facing extinction, wallowing in nostalgia for its 19th-century role as a great port. 3000 amphibian species face extinction - Oct 21, 2008 NEWS.com.au,By Larine Statham UP to 3000 species of amphibians face extinction, giving the world its greatest conservation challenge, a leading expert says. Tom Jones: 24 Hours - Nov 14, 2008 Times Online,Still, it's difficult to resist tunes such as the galumphing version of Tommy James and the Shondells' I'm Alive, the sound of a rhino defying extinction, Prophecies of the extinction of religion, or its triumph, fall ... - Oct 31, 2008 guardian.co.uk,Prophecies of the extinction of religion, or its total ascendancy, inevitability fall prey to the weaknesses of linear extrapolation. Local pubs are staring extinction in the face - Oct 28, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Many businesses will suffer in this recession, but the local boozer could be brought within a whisker of extinction. • One further woe for publicans has UC Berkeley Professor Awarded for Research on Dinosaur Extinction - Oct 21, 2008 Daily Californian,The distinction recognizes Alvarez's research on the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and includes $250000 and a gold medal. Final salary pension schemes facing 'extinction' after credit ... - Nov 10, 2008 Daily Mail,By Becky Barrow The stock market turmoil could prove to be an 'extinction event' for workers' gold-plated pensions, experts warned today. Expert warns Caspian Sea marine life faces extinction - Nov 5, 2008 IranVNC,Washington, 4 November (IranVNC)—Researchers at the Caspian Institute in Iran today waned that the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, is facing “death� Which creature would you save from extinction? - Nov 1, 2008 Sunday Herald,The International Union for Conservation of Nature in Switzerland revealed that 1141 of the 5587 mammals are thought to be threatened with extinction. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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