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Telescopus hoogstraali, or Desert Tiger Snake, an endangered species of snake endemic to the Middle East. (Simon Jamison, Tel Aviv University)
June 5, 2022, 12:39 pm
One in every five species of reptiles worldwide is facing extinction, study finds
Covering over 10,000 species, study involving Israeli researchers is the most comprehensive of its kind to date; half of all turtles and crocodiles in danger of dying out
By Tobias Siegal
A diver works at an underwater coral nursery inside the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary in Jamaica, on February 12, 2019. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
December 7, 2021, 4:57 am
Headed for a sixth mass extinction? MIT geophysicist warns oceans are on the brink
Daniel Rothman says carbon in the atmosphere may push our seas past a tipping point, triggering a cascading catastrophe for global ecosystems that we do not yet fully understand
By Luke Tress
The once extinct Hula painted frog, native to Israel’s north, was declared extinct and then rediscovered and dubbed a 'living fossil.' (courtesy, Sarig Gafny)
August 27, 2021, 12:31 pm
Humans speeding the extinction of species, study claims
Data science expert Gil David finds that human exploitation of Earth has led to 5,800 years-worth of extinctions from natural causes condensed into just 100 years
By Sue Surkes
An artist's illustration of an ancient Moa bird being hunted by humans (From the book 'Extinct Monsters,' 1897)
August 11, 2021, 8:31 pm
Humans wiped out hundreds of bird species in last 50,000 years — Israeli study
Reviewing scientific literature, researchers find at least 400 species that disappeared around the world shortly after humans arrived on the scene
By ToI Staff
A lappet-faced vulture visits the Hai Bar Nature Reserve at Yotvata in southern Israel, April 29 2021. (Noam Weiss/ International Birding and Research Center, Eilat)
May 26, 2021, 8:43 pm
Vulture thought extinct from Israel for 30 years spotted twice in a month
Israel Nature and Parks Authority hopes sightings of subspecies of ecologically important lappet-faced vulture signal its return
By Sue Surkes
A polar bear sits on the Hudson Bay fresh ice next to a hole in the ice and close to the shore waiting for a seal meal outside Churchill, Mantioba, Canada, November 15, 2007. (Paul J. Richards/AFP)
July 20, 2020, 8:27 pm
Polar bears could be extinct by 2100 due to climate change, study warns
Scientists say rising temperatures are reducing the amount of time that polar bears can hunt for food: ‘Their habitat is literally melting’
By Marlowe HOOD
In this May 1, 2020 file photo, a ranger observes the last remaining two northern white rhinos Fatu, left, and Najin, right, at the Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File)
May 25, 2020, 1:20 pm
Coronavirus stalls efforts to keep alive a rare rhino subspecies
Travel restrictions could frustrate work to save northern white rhino; no males and 2 females are left, with scientists racing to save them via in-vitro fertilization
By JOE MWIHIA and KHALED KAZZIHA
In this illustrative photo from July 16, 2014, file photo, what was once a marina sits high and dry due to Lake Mead receding in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
November 28, 2019, 4:07 pm
Scientists say it is too late to stop climate change
Greenhouse gas emissions are expected to heat the planet’s surface by another three or four degrees by 2100
By Marlowe HOOD
In this May 25, 2014, photo, a seven-year-old male Asiatic Cheetah called 'Koushki,' crouches at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 6, 2019, 12:38 am
Gulf Arabs’ demand for cheetahs as pets ‘fuels their extinction’
Meanwhile, Iran continues to hold in prison eight researchers of rare Asiatic cheetah on charges of using cameras to spy for Israel, US
By Sue Surkes
Two wild elephants, part of a herd that arrived at a wetland near the Thakurkuchi railway station, engage in a tussle on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam, India, on June 7, 2017. (AP / Anupam Nath)
May 6, 2019, 4:12 pm
UN says nature is in worst shape in human history
Thousand-page report approved by 109 nations concludes over 1 million species of plants and animals facing extinction
By Seth Borenstein
A North Atlantic right whale swims in the waters of Cape Cod Bay April 14, 2019 near Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Don Emmert / AFP)
April 23, 2019, 8:11 pm
One million species risk extinction due to humans, blistering UN report finds
1,800-page assessment shows accelerating loss of clean air, drinkable water, CO2-absorbing forests, pollinating insects, protein-rich fish and storm-blocking mangroves
By Marlowe HOOD
Maasai warriors pose with Sudan, the last male northern white rhino sub-species on the planet, on June 18, 2017. Sudan's death was announced on March 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA/File)
March 20, 2018, 10:23 am
Last male northern white rhino dies in Kenya
Zoo says death a ‘cruel symbol of human disregard for nature’; with only two females remaining, scientists work on in-vitro fertilization
By AFP
7-year-old male Asiatic Cheetah, named 'Koushki,' hunts a rabbit at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 13, 2017, 8:48 am
Earth already in midst of next mass extinction, scientists warn
Human overpopulation and over-consumption leading planet and its inhabitants to catastrophe faster than previously thought, study claims
By Sue Surkes
Flamingos stand in a water reservoir on Sir Bani Yas Island, one of the largest natural islands in the United Arab Emirates on November 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB)
February 4, 2015, 12:22 pm
UAE ‘Arabian Ark’ forestalls extinction
25 species of mammals and 170 types of birds on a desert Gulf island reserve make a comeback
By Wissam Keyrouz
The Saint Petersburg company Tzar Caviar used molecular engineering to produce a kosher caviar substitute now available in New York and Paris. (Courtesy Tzar Caviar/JTA)
September 29, 2014, 6:28 pm
Russian science brings ‘caviar’ to kosher table
With the growing demand for delicacies among observant Jews — alongside concern for the environment — sturgeon egg substitutes are ‘flying off the shelves’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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