"I know some say humans would go
extinct after a 10-kilometer asteroid impact," he said.
Side notes: Other species of rhinos that are facing extinction are the White Rhino (Africa's largest species of rhino), the Greater One-Horned Rhino (Asia's largest species of rhino), and Javan Rhinos (a close species to the Sumatran Rhino and a species close to being
extinct).
Shia said that there is no definite conclusion over the extinction of the species, and Taiwan currently has no mechanism to declare an animal
extinct. She said that in the future, scholars and experts will be consulted to make arrangements for relevant exchanges and discussions on the matter.
An assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published in 2017 listed the species as 'Critically Endangered (Possibly
Extinct).' Surveys of remote areas on Fernandina Island in 1964 'documented several large tortoise scats' and some tortoise bite marks, while a 2009 airplane survey 'yielded a possible unconfirmed sighting of a tortoise,' IUCN said.
Caption: Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis), now
extinct.
Meanwhile, the upcoming project will not only involve cloning
extinct animals-NEFU's Institute of Applied Ecology of the North's lead researcher Dr.
The biobank will open in July 2018, although it is unclear which
extinct species' DNA will be stored.
YES Reviving an
extinct species may sound like something out of Jurassic Park, but the science of de-extinction is real.
Taking a page out of the book of Noah, the Ramat Gan Safari is teaming up with a leading German institute to collect and preserve DNA from endangered species in the hope that they can be resurrected once they go
extinct. Containing the genes of a multitude of animals, the samples will be able to last 3000 years, so that if any animal goes
extinct, researchers can use the DNA to recreate the animal.
People from Melanesia, a South Pacific region encompassing Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands, may carry genetic evidence of a previously unknown
extinct hominid, Ryan Bohlender reported October 20.
The rat-like creature - which lived on land off the coast of Queensland in Australia's Great Barrier Reef - has been confirmed as the first mammal to become
extinct as a direct result of climate change.
Human activities have caused some 500 bird species worldwide to go
extinct over the past 500 years, and 21st-century extinction rates likely will accelerate to approximately 10 additional species per year unless societies take action to reverse the trend, according to a report from Duke University, Durham, N.C.
But it is a mere pigeon compared to an astonishing
extinct bird called Pelagornis sandersi, identified by scientists on Monday from fossils unearthed in South Carolina, that lived 25 to 28 million years ago and boasted the largest-known avian wingspan in history, about 20 to 24 feet (6.1 to 7.4 meters).
NAMES that were favourites just 100 years ago, including Fanny and Willie, are now "
extinct", a study found.
