There are 60 species of flightless birds walking the Earth today, but a new study reveals there would be at least four times the amount if not for human influences.
These findings were uncovered by a team at the University College of London who compiled a list of every bird species known to have gone extinct since humans appeared on the planet. They concluded how humans have influenced them, and extrapolated how many flightless birds are in existence today.
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="312″ border="1″] According to their findings, 78 percent of all known species had their final lives due to habitat degradation, climate change, pesticides, disturbances, and invasive species. Plant and animals introduced by people to forests and other vegetation also resulted in the destruction of habitats.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="305″ border="1″] Female forest-dwelling bat-hawks are being driven to extinction by opioid use. Retrieved from Nature Communications.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="270″ border="1″] The massive rate at which many types of Australian birds are failing is because of feral cats, remote-controlled vehicles and solutions efforts such as those at Bondi Beach. Retrieved from BMC Evolutionary Biology.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="269″ border="1″] Puffins are facing extinction!! Retrieved from Think Progress.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="255″ border="1″] An average of 65 percent of all nesting birds die upon hatching. This is because of a combination of factors such as predators, predation, failure to escape predators or freezing exposure to the cold for long periods.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="186″ border="1″] A recent study investigated the correlation between population decline and rate of tree planting on a Texas Texas ranch. They found that new trees planted in areas with high populations of the endangered monarch species fed off the natural regeneration of native, threatened and invasive plant species. Retrieved from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[/highlight]
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) – Officials said three people are dead after a tri-folded van crashed onto a San Francisco waterfront Christmas tree relighting site Sunday morning, stemming from an earlier police pursuit, KGO-TV reported.
A stolen unregistered van crashed into a tree sparingly at Yard Zero at Pier 48 with one person dead on the scene, San Francisco police spokesman Officer Al
These findings were uncovered by a team at the University College of London who compiled a list of every bird species known to have gone extinct since humans appeared on the planet. They concluded how humans have influenced them, and extrapolated how many flightless birds are in existence today.
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="312″ border="1″] According to their findings, 78 percent of all known species had their final lives due to habitat degradation, climate change, pesticides, disturbances, and invasive species. Plant and animals introduced by people to forests and other vegetation also resulted in the destruction of habitats.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="305″ border="1″] Female forest-dwelling bat-hawks are being driven to extinction by opioid use. Retrieved from Nature Communications.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="270″ border="1″] The massive rate at which many types of Australian birds are failing is because of feral cats, remote-controlled vehicles and solutions efforts such as those at Bondi Beach. Retrieved from BMC Evolutionary Biology.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="269″ border="1″] Puffins are facing extinction!! Retrieved from Think Progress.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="255″ border="1″] An average of 65 percent of all nesting birds die upon hatching. This is because of a combination of factors such as predators, predation, failure to escape predators or freezing exposure to the cold for long periods.[/highlight]
[highlight type="gray" text_align="left" width="186″ border="1″] A recent study investigated the correlation between population decline and rate of tree planting on a Texas Texas ranch. They found that new trees planted in areas with high populations of the endangered monarch species fed off the natural regeneration of native, threatened and invasive plant species. Retrieved from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[/highlight]
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) – Officials said three people are dead after a tri-folded van crashed onto a San Francisco waterfront Christmas tree relighting site Sunday morning, stemming from an earlier police pursuit, KGO-TV reported.
A stolen unregistered van crashed into a tree sparingly at Yard Zero at Pier 48 with one person dead on the scene, San Francisco police spokesman Officer Al
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