Extinction

8 Ways We Might Be Causing Our Own Extinction

Fred Guterl | Posted 05.23.2012

Fred Guterl

Our own success as a species has created new a terrifying risks that didn't exist a few decades ago. By our dominating presence on the planet, we are in danger of upsetting climate systems in ways we don't fully understand.

Frogs Need More Than a Kiss

Noah Greenwald | Posted 04.27.2012

Noah Greenwald

Under a mounting barrage of environmental pressures, one in four amphibian species in the United States are now imperiled and worldwide, and 122 species have gone extinct since 1980.

Scientists Solve Riddle Of Weird 'Black Mat' Formations

Posted 04.24.2012

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/23/2012 03:04 PM EDT on LiveScience What seemed like evidence of prehistoric cosmic impact...

Orangutan Emergency in Indonesia: The Edge of Extinction

Rebecca Tarbotton | Posted 04.19.2012

Rebecca Tarbotton

The extinction of the world's great apes, taking place in remote rainforests and seemingly out of our control, is much closer than you might imagine -- and the solution is nearer still.

Survival of the Insurable: Universal Access to Health Care & Natural Selection

Dinkar Jain | Posted 04.02.2012

Dinkar Jain

If we overturn universal access to health care, the costs to America and humanity would be immense.

Review: Our Dying Planet

Jan McGirk | Posted 05.24.2012

Jan McGirk

"We've wiped out a lot of species over the years. This will be the first time we've actually eliminated an entire ecosystem," laments ecologist Peter F Sale, in Our Dying Planet, his latest book, published by University of California Press. It's full of nasty surprises.

Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Of Multituberculates And Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.15.2012

2012-03-16-Screenshot20120316at2.18.41PM.jpgAlthough humans never walked with dinosaurs (you hear that, Santorum?), some of our earliest ancestors seem to have done so.

Woolly Mammoth Extinction Gets Surprising New Explanation

| Posted 03.06.2012

The past few tens of millennia were hard times for the "megafauna" of the world. Hundreds of big-bodied species—from the mammoths of North America t...

Buddhism, Cosmology And Evolution

John Stanley | Posted 04.27.2012

John Stanley

If we restore the fundamental unity of spirit and matter, artificially split apart by scientific materialism, the scientific story of the universe can also serve beautifully as our new sacred story.

Are Men Headed For Extinction?

Posted 02.23.2012

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/22/2012 02:37 PM EST on LiveScience Contrary to previous belief, men may not be on...

New Indigenous Reserve Aims To Save A Fading Culture

Silvia Usuriaga | Posted 04.24.2012

Silvia Usuriaga

A healthy ecosystem is essential to all of our livelihoods, but for indigenous groups,many of whom have suffered slave-like treatment at the hands of missionaries, robber barons, loggers, miners, industrial farmers and drug gangs, protecting their environment means saving themselves from utter obliteration.

Native Americans Fight To Prevent Languages' 'Extinction'

Posted 02.18.2012

By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/17/2012 06:56 PM EST on LiveScience VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Many of the wor...

Cara Santa Maria

TALK NERDY TO ME: Dinosaurs In Our Midst?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.16.2012

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Top 10 Reasons to Support Clean Energy

Maj. Gen. Michael R. Lehnert | Posted 04.03.2012

Maj. Gen. Michael R. Lehnert

Though almost every American uses fossil fuels in our daily lives, we need to recognize the incredible toll it has had on our foreign policy, our country, its people and irreplaceable natural resources. It's not too late to change, and move toward an energy-efficient and renewable energy economy.

A Safe Haven for Leatherbacks

Ted Danson | Posted 03.26.2012

Ted Danson

Leatherback sea turtles migrate an astonishing 6,000 miles across the Pacific to feed on jellyfish in the waters off the U.S. West Coast. After such a long journey, wouldn't you want somewhere safe to rest?

Wildlife Is on the Losing End of Our Addiction

Leda Huta | Posted 03.24.2012

Leda Huta

No matter how we try to minimize fossil fuel impacts, we can't avoid the fact that these substances are inherently dirty. Oil, gas and coal are at their core, toxic substances. And as a result they are dangerous to humans and wildlife.

eXtinction Film Is a Powerful PSA for the Environment

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 02.14.2012

Summer Rayne Oakes

eXtinction is an environmental art short that brings together powerful storytelling and stirring imagery.

Rupert Murray's Recently Awarded Documentary: The End of the Line

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 02.01.2012

Constantin Bjerke

Rupert Murray's film tells the grim story of the catastrophic decline of global fish stock due to mass overfishing of our oceans and seas over the last 50 years.

This Halloween Could Mean Scary Cuts to Wildlife Conservation Programs

Jamie Rappaport Clark | Posted 12.31.2011

Jamie Rappaport Clark

It's Halloween and Congress is eyeing some downright scary cuts to vital wildlife conservation programs as part of its budget cutting frenzy. But while these programs may seem like easy targets for cuts, there is a lot more to the story.

Simple Equation Predicts Doom for Polar Bears (VIDEO)

David Mizejewski | Posted 12.20.2011

David Mizejewski

It all really boils down to a simple equation: sea ice + seals on the sea ice = healthy polar bear populations. Take away the ice and polar bears can't hunt seals and their populations decline.

New Hope for Some of America's Most Fascinating (and Imperiled) Species

Kieran Suckling | Posted 11.28.2011

Kieran Suckling

A perfect natural laboratory, the Southeast is the world's center of aquatic biodiversity, with more species of freshwater mussels, snails and crayfish than anywhere else on Earth. Unfortunately, it's also been an epicenter of extinction.

PHOTOS: Swoon Ponders Our 'Extinction' In New Show

Posted 11.23.2011

Swoon's enthusiasm for community projects has only grown with her profile and her newest, titled 'Anthropocene Extinction' and showing at ICA Boston, ...

HUGE Development In Dinosaur Extinction Theory

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.20.2011

The theory of which asteroid was responsible for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago has been shattered to pieces -- literally. New data fro...

An Environmental Confession For The High Holidays

Rabbi Lawrence Troster | Posted 11.07.2011

Rabbi Lawrence Troster

The Jewish concept of repentance is called Teshuvah ("return" in English) and one of the critical aspects of repentance is the act of confession.

Bizarre Animal Persecuted to Extinction on False Assumption

David Mizejewski | Posted 11.04.2011

David Mizejewski

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