Dinosaurs by Mass Volcanism

ShareAccording to a study, the immense volcanic activity could be the source of dinosaur’s aid to rise in some 200 million years ago. For some 160 years, the dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrates. It is widely accepted that the huge asteroid or comet had been the cause for their extinction. According to some investigations, volcanic [...]

Rare nest sites in Mexico

ShareOne of the world’s rarest birds’ breeding sites is found in Mexico. The bird is known as the Worthen’s sparrow and it was discovered in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila. This new information of a rare bird may have these birds save from extinction. Worthen’s sparrow was originally first discovered in the [...]

Insects Getting Endangered in Parts of Europe

ShareInsects, more of the family of butterflies, dragonflies and beetles are having their sever habitat problems in some areas in Europe, this news is according to IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). Butterflies, beetles and dragonflies in the continent are already in the line of threat when it comes to extinction. For many [...]

Save the Tigers!

ShareTigers are in a critical decline because of human encroachment, the loss of more than nine-tenths of their habitat and the growing trade in tiger skins and body parts. From an estimated 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, the number today ranges between 3,200 to 3,600, most of them in Asia and Russia. Now [...]

China’s wild tigers face extinction: WWF

ShareThe World Wildlife Fund warned that the wild tiger faced extinction in China   after having been decimated by poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat, on Tuesday. “If there are no urgent measures taken, there is a high risk that the wild tiger will go extinct,” Zhu Chunquan, conservation director of biodiversity at WWF [...]