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A critically endangered baiji dolphin. Image by Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Wikimedia Commons.

A farewell to the Yangtze’s ghost, the Baiji

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2006

Goodbye to the Baiji

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2006

Hotspot conservation will not protect global biodiversity

Rhett A. Butler 11 Dec 2006

‘Loch Ness Monster’ found in Antarctica

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2006

The Vaquita, the world’s smallest cetacean, dives toward extinction

10 Dec 2006

Past global warming suggests massive temperature shift in our future

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2006

Chinese river dolphin nearly extinct says official

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2006

Single strike killed the dinosaurs says new study

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2006

To avoid extinction humans must colonize space says Hawking

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2006

Ancient fish had bite like Tyrannosaurus rex

Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2006

Worst mass extinction shifted entire ecology of the world’s oceans

Mongabay.com 24 Nov 2006

Species evolution not making up for extinction caused by climate change

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2006

Global warming could doom many bird species

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2006

All stocks of wild seafood species to collapse by 2048 says new study

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2006

Hotspot conservation may not save endangered species

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2006

Biodiversity extinction crisis will disrupt important ecological services warns study

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2006

400 million year old gives evolutionary clues

Monash University 19 Oct 2006

Extinction may be linked to Earth’s tilt and orbital variations

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2006

A look at the biodiversity extinction crisis

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2006

Not extinct? Ivory-billed Woodpecker may live in Florida

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2006

Rare, 90-million-year-old tree for sale

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2006

Recovery of biodiversity after dinosaurs was chaotic

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2006

Ancient blue whale was a shark killer

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2006

Climate change, not hunters, killed ancient Australia’s giant kangaroos

University Of Melbourne 16 Aug 2006

Frozen balls could bring mammoths back to life

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2006

NASA helps search for “extinct” woodpecker

Nasa 3 Aug 2006

West African black rhino may be extinct

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2006

$400-Million Initiative Proposed to Address Amphibian Crisis

Oregon State University 9 Jul 2006

Frog extinction crisis requires unprecedented conservation response

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2006

Birds Face Extinction Risk Due To Human Activities

Duke University 5 Jul 2006

1250 bird species may be extinct by 2100

Mongabay.com 4 Jul 2006

‘Extinct’ frog rediscovered in Colombia

Conservation International 18 May 2006

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