Extinction
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India eyes a Jurassic Park moment: Extinct cheetahs may growl again via gene editing
India | Apr 18, 2025, 01:19 PM ISTThe Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) in the city, in collaboration with the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), is working jointly to resurrect the Indian cheetah.
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Primitive turtle survived dinosaur-killing mass extinction: Study
Science | Feb 04, 2020, 05:24 PM ISTA primitive species of turtles, measuring about 60 centimeters, was among the few terrestrial animals that managed to survive the mass extinction believed to have killed the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago, according to a study which analysed peculiar fossils found in France.
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Sumatran rhino is extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies
World | Nov 24, 2019, 06:59 PM ISTThe Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island said the rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes Saturday due to shock in her system. She had uterine tumors since her capture in March 2014.
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Slow-lived species likely to become extinct; world will shift to smaller animals over next century: Study
World | May 26, 2019, 12:46 PM ISTSmaller birds and mammals, which can thrive in a wide variety of habitats, are more likely to avoid becoming extinct over the next 100 years, scientists say.
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Hominins not behind extinction of giant African mammals: Study
Nov 24, 2018, 08:55 AM ISTThe study, published in the journal Science, argued that falling atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and the replacement of large shrubs and trees by grasslands caused the decline of megaherbivores.
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MIT study says Earth's sixth mass extinction may begin by 2100, to be triggered by increasing carbon levels in oceans
Sep 21, 2017, 10:13 PM ISTA study by MIT scientists have predicted that the sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history will be triggered by increasing carbon levels in the oceans and may begin around 2100.
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Early animals may have caused first mass extinction, say researchers
World | Jul 31, 2016, 07:17 AM ISTIn a new study, researchers, it has been discovered that new fossil found in southeast African country of Namibia reinforces the theory suggesting that the world’s first mass extinction was caused due to the planet's
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Cheetah numbers may be half than estimated: study
India | May 05, 2016, 10:45 AM ISTLondon: Current estimates of the number of cheetahs in the wild are 'guesswork', researchers including those from India have found, amid fears that the fastest land mammal is racing to extinction. A new study
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Chile's largest amphibian in danger of extinction
World | Aug 21, 2014, 12:10 PM ISTSantiago: The helmeted water toad, the largest amphibian found in the Chile, is in serious danger of extinction due to habitat loss and environmental factors."The Chilean map of species extinction" provides graphic proof of the