Species extinction

What are the factors that cause plants and animals to go extinct, either hundreds of millions of years ago or in the present day?

Painting endangered species has become a consistent subject for my work. As we have now entered what scientists are calling Earth’s sixth major extinction. Most experts agree that human activities have accelerated the rate of species extinction - somewhere between 100 and 1000 times the normal rate of extinction. While I have been painting endangered species on and off throughout my career, one month in 2018, I made it my goal to paint 30 endangered species in 30 days. This series…

Biodiversity loss issues and causes as climate ecosystem problem outline set. Illustration about problem, isolated, concept, outline, diversity, climate, deforestation - 214124583

As humans continue to expand our use of land across the planet, we leave other species little ground to stand on. By 2070, increased human land-use is expected to put 1,700 species of amphibians, birds, and mammals at greater extinction risk by shrinking their natural habitats, according to a study by Yale ecologists published in Nature Climate Change. The Nile lechwe is an already endangered antelope species in East Africa. This study predicts that under the most plausible ecological…

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New research on extinctions shows that their ecological impact can’t be measured in numbers of species lost.

"Biodiversity Facts & Statistics"- The Earth is home to different species and communities of species. Biodiversity is unique in all parts of the Earth. As the environmental conditions change from what millions of species adapted to, many are under the threat of extinction. Every species is valuable and in need of protection. These... #trvst #facts #biodiversity #environment #environmental #earth #planet #biodiversity #extinction #communities #wellbeing #life #ourplanet

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It was a little over 20 years ago when I saw a slender-billed curlew. I was in Morocco; the bird, lanky and reasonably slim in the beak department, was feeding on a patch of wetland decorated with wil