Animal extinction News

Many animal species in India are currently facing a high risk of extinction. Some are found in high amplitude of the Himalayan region and some are found in National Parks. Here are seven Animals that are at extinction.  

The researchers found that local hunters in Gabon are selling increasing numbers of Pangolins to Asian workers stationed on the continent for major logging, oil exploration, and agro-industry projects.

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and melting ice forces polar bears to travel greater distances to catch their main meal – young seals.

 Scientists are trying to develop IVF techniques that might keep the white rhino species alive.

Tasmanian tigers, about the size of a large dog, became extinct 81 years ago when the last one died in captivity at the Hobart zoo on September 7, 1936.

Large vertebrates – or animals with a backbone – are often fished, hunted, trapped, poached or killed as unintentional bycatch.

As many as 43 percent of sea turtle species were lost, along with 35 percent of sea birds and nine percent of sharks.

Researchers recorded sand temperatures at a globally important loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in Cape Verde off the northwest coast of Africa over six years.

The study highlights where conservation efforts could be most effective in building penguins' resilience against climate change, researchers said.

Studies show that poorly managed trophy hunting was a key driver of leopard population decrease.

This decline in animal population is drastically affecting the environment, as well as undermining food security of millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America.

Officials at the International Union for Conservation of Nature's global conference in Honolulu confirmed that the majestic species of Eastern Gorillas (Gorilla beringei) now faces the risk of disappearing completely, with just 5,000 left on Earth.

As per reports, the Bramble Cay melomys, a mammal native to the Great Barrier Reef, is nowhere to be found anymore.  

We all are aware how animal extinction alters the environment, but, what many are seemingly clueless about is, how this affects human health.

In the last four decades, nearly 50% of the wildlife has been wiped off because of poaching only in India.  

The research team studied data from more than 2,000 tree species in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, and more than 800 animal species.