Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Scientists found a winged animal with a “metallic” body in a forest of Yunnan and discovered a new species, a study said. NO. 17: ‘RARE’ WINGED CREATURE — WITH ‘MAGICAL RED’ BODY ...
The California oarfish was indeed found just two days before a 4.4 earthquake struck the region and rattled Los Angeles. How U.S. scrambled Kabul withdrawal three years ago California, New York ...
A species may be endangered or vulnerable, but not considered rare if it has a large, dispersed population. IUCN uses the term "rare" as a designation for species found in isolated geographical locations. Rare species are generally considered threatened because a small population size is less likely to recover from ecological disasters.
The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
The Red List of 2012 was released 19 July 2012 at Rio+20 Earth Summit; [17] nearly 2,000 species were added, [18] with 4 species to the extinct list, 2 to the rediscovered list. [19] The IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species which revealed 19,817 are threatened with extinction.
A rare fossil of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex has been excavated in North Dakota's badlands - a find noteworthy for the scientific insight it may offer into the life history of this famous ...
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 65 extinct fish species, 87 possibly extinct fish species, and six extinct in the wild fish species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cartilaginous fish
The animals are incredibly rare. Thankfully the Whipsnade Zoo in England recently got their very own Mountain Bongo. And now they're showing the animal in a video online so that we all can get a peek.