Biodiversity Study Sounds an Extinction Alert (for Things with Spines)
Spotts, Pete, The Christian Science Monitor
Biodiversity researchers warn that 20 percent of vertebrate species are threatened with extinction, largely because of human damage to habitats. But conservation efforts, they say, are effective.
If a creature has a spine and walks, flies, swims, or crawls, it may be in serious trouble.
Some 20 percent of all vertebrate species on Earth are threatened by extinction, according to a newly published survey - a study the research team involved says is the most exhaustive to date on biodiversity among vertebrates.
The losses are due largely to human encroachment on habitat, over- fishing and over-hunting, as well as the arrival of invasive species in habitats …
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Article title: Biodiversity Study Sounds an Extinction Alert (for Things with Spines).
Contributors: Spotts, Pete - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: October 27, 2010.
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