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A dramatic change in climate that occurred about 30 million years ago resulted in a mass extinction in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that is just now being documented by the scientific community. A team of international scientists analyzed a large collection of fossils from five mammal groups that once roamed those regions, revealing that 63 percent of the species …
A new study has revealed that at least 25% of marine mammals could be at the risk of extinction as climate change, fisheries, bycatch, pollution and maritime development continue to adversely impact their lives. Even though, she says, very few marine mammal species have gone extinct in modern times, human activities are "putting many of them under increasing pressure". the …
Australian conservationists on Wednesday unveiled plans to build the world’s first refuge for the platypus, to promote breeding and rehabilitation as the duck-billed mammal faces extinction due to climate change. The Taronga Conservation Society Australia and the New South Wales State government said they would build the specialist facility, mostly ponds and burrows for the semiaquatic creatures, at a zoo …
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