extinction

In 'Islamic Art' sales this week, pieces at the top of the market rose to extravagant heights, while the intermediary market is on the verge of extinction.

One in four of the world’s mammals is threatened with extinction and half are in decline, according to a survey by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

From majestic African elephants to tiny and often unappreciated rodents, mammals on Earth are in a state of crisis.

One in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction, according to the Global Mammal Assessment, the most comprehensive assessment of the world's mammals.

(University of Southern California) Results presented at 2008 Joint Annual Meeting argue in favor of a "sick earth" mechanism for most extinctions, rather than external event like asteroid strike

The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana.

Captive breeding colonies of a critically endangered vulture, whose numbers in the wild have dwindled from tens of millions to a few thousand, are too small to protect the species from extinction, a new analysis shows.

Three pesticides used on farms and orchards throughout the West are jeopardizing the survival of Pacific salmon, the federal agency in charge of saving the fish from extinction has found.

Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate.

Africa's 'kipunji' hovers at 1,100 individuals.

A study into one of the world's rarest seabirds provides knowledge that could help avoid extinction. Molecular analysis of the Critically Endangered Magenta Petrel Pterodroma magentae (also known as the Chatham Island Taiko) discovered that 95% of non-breeding adults were male.

This suggests that critically low population levels may be causing male birds difficulty in attracting a mate.

Their calls are too spread out to attract the infrequent females which pass by.