Posts Tagged ‘mass extinction’

Human Activity Driving Earth’s “Sixth Great Extinction Event”

New research examining thousands of records show Earth’s sixth “great extinction event” already underway.

Leap Day Ushers in ‘Year of the Frog’

The Golden toad of Costa Rica, now believed to be extinct. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.)Today, Feb. 29, Leap Day, marks the official start of the “Year of the Frog,” a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the threat of mass extinction facing one-third to one-half of all frogs and other amphibians around the world. Check out the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ events database to find out what froggy activities are [...]

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