January 24, 2008

Critically Endangered Porpoise May Be Doomed To Extinction

 Science Daily – Press Release
ScienceDaily (Jan. 16, 2008) — An international research team, including biologists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their rate to extinction [...]

January 24, 2008

Mass Extinctions Not So Easy to Come Back From

Canada Free Press – Joshua Hill 
A recent report from the University of Bristol, and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B this week, focuses on just what it takes for real recovery to take place after a mass extinction. The study, conducted by Sarda Sahney and Professor Michael Benton focused upon the mass [...]