The resilience of vertebrates worldwide - our life support systems - is being undermined by our economic activity, study shows. Our study reveals a global loss of resilience across marine, freshwater ...

The Department of Environment (DOE) has updated and published the list of endangered and protected vertebrates after about 20 years. According to this list, more than 100 vertebrate species are in ...

A cheetah pouncing on a gazelle. A bear snatching a fish out of the water with its claws. And the most dangerous predator of them all? A human and their pet bird dancing to “Gangnam Style.” Scientists ...

Global change is eroding life on earth at an unprecedented rate and scale. Species extinctions have accelerated over the last decades, with the concomitant loss of the functions and services they ...

The Sumatran rhino is one of the most endangered mammals on Earth. (Credits: PA) More than 500 land-based vertebrate species are on the brink of extinction in the next two decades as a result of human ...

Humans are rapidly breaking the backs of our fellow vertebrate species: One fifth of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles now being threatened with extinction, a massive international report ...

More than 500 land-based vertebrate species are on the brink of extinction in the next two decades as a result of human activities, scientists have warned. Researchers believe the rate of decline of ...

Extinction risks are greater for animals at the small and large ends of the scale. Oliver Day, Oregon State University Even as scientists have warned that a sixth mass extinction may be coming — with ...