An iconic species of megafauna, the woolly rhinoceros had thick skin and long fur, and it once roamed the mammoth step of northern and central Eurasia, before its extinction around 10,000 years ago.

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

Human activity could drive extinction and destroy billions of years of evolutionary history, which has produced remarkable creatures such as the punk-haired Mary River turtle, the yellow eyed Aye ...

Bonobo apes, primates unique to Congo and humankind's closest relative, just outside the capital Kinshasa, Congo, October 31, 2006. Sixty percent of Primate species are threatened by extinction.

Human activities have caused some 500 bird species worldwide to go extinct over the past five millennia, and 21st-century extinction rates likely will accelerate to approximately 10 additional ...

Human activity threatens up to one million animal and plant species with extinction, a major new report sponsored by the UN has found.

Up to a million species are at risk of extinction because of human activities, a United Nations report warns. Mexico defeats U.S. men's national soccer team in Concacaf Gold Cup final.

Humans are pushing 1 million species to the brink of extinction, and nature is declining "at rates unprecedented in human history," according to a new report from the United Nations.. A summary of ...

For practical reasons, it’s difficult to accurately chart rates of speciation, just as it is to accurately measure rates of extinction. Nonetheless, the report makes it clear that since the last Ice ...

Unsustainable human activities threaten migratory species in a myriad of ways. By far, the two greatest pressures come from habitat loss and overexploitation, report co-author Kelly Malsch said.

Rare Dolphin Driven To Extinction By Human Activities, Scientists Fear. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 09 / 070911114747.htm ...

A study from researchers, including a paleontologist at the University of Oregon, suggests that wildfires due to human activity likely led to an extinction of saber-toothed cats and other Ice Age ...