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Hunting and habitat loss threaten more than 20% of the world's mammals with extinction, according to a new report issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The survey, which culled data gathered by more than 1,700 scientists over five years, also warned that further study...
Environmentalists are often accused - not always unfairly - of overplaying the fear card. With apocalyptic references to melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels and widespread species extinction, the driving message of environmentalism is that the future is doomed, unless we act now to save it.
The critically endangered greater bamboo lemur, however, is far from alone. Thanks to deforestation, expanding human settlements, hunting and the slow burn of climate change, more mammals may be endangered today than ever before. According to a worldwide assessment overseen by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN...
The number one driver of extinction is habitat loss and degradation, which affects 40% of the world's mammals. That can be seen clearly in the deforestation afflicting much of the tropical world, including Madagascar, where 90% of the country's original forest cover has been lost. Vast stretches of...
The Red List, however, isn't a death sentence - careful conservation work can bring back species from the brink of extinction. The black-footed ferret in the western U.S. was believed to be extinct in the wild - meaning it was only found in captivity - until it was successfully reintroduced into...