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2 days ago · Invasive Species. Foreign and exotic species can also drive native inhabitants to extinction, in the event that the former are able to successfully adapt within the new habitat.
4 days ago · The loss of genes and individuals threatens the long-term survival of a species, as mates become scarce and risks from inbreeding rise when closely related survivors mate. The wholesale loss of populations also increases the risk that a particular species will become extinct. Biodiversity is critical for maintaining ecosystem health.
4 days ago · Biodiversity loss, the reduction in an area’s biodiversity (the number of genes, species, individual organisms, or ecosystems) expressed by species loss, population declines and reductions in the genetic diversity within a species, and the collapse of biological communities.
3 days ago · Endangered species, any species that is at risk of extinction because of a sudden rapid decrease in its population or a loss of its critical habitat. Previously, any species of plant or animal that was threatened with extinction could be called an endangered species.
5 days ago · Recently published in Frontiers in Science, the authors identify the most critical, currently unprotected areas of biodiversity in the world. These areas are home to over 4,700 threatened species, including mammals, birds, amphibians and rare plants.
4 days ago · Extinction of animals and plants. Read scientific research on the dinosaur extinction, future mass extinctions, and endangered species. What can be done?
5 days ago · A group of cacti species native to a remote Chilean desert has been poached to near extinction, thanks in part to social media crazes continents away.
