MetaFilter posts tagged with Animals and extinction

Circle of death :(

allkindsoftime — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:11:24 -0800

In 20 years, according to one estimate, wild lions could be extinct in Kenya. There are some hopeful efforts to help protect the native lion population, including this initiative to employ Maasai warriors to help protect them, the Mara Predator Project (part of Living With Lions), and the African Lion Working Group, but it may be too little too late.

Alas, poor Quagga! I knew him, Horatio.

shakespeherian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:57:37 -0800

Photographs of extinct animals.

Threatened Species

homunculus — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:10:45 -0800

The 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The Dodo may soon have some august company

homunculus — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:21:38 -0800

10 Animals That May Go Extinct in the Next 10 Years.

Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species

homunculus — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:14:38 -0800

Saving the world’s weirdest creatures. The EDGE of Existence programme, a project of the Zoological Society of London, aims to conserve the world's most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species by implementing the research and conservation actions needed to secure their future. [Via MoFi.]

List of endangered species

Gyan — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:35:01 -0800

The 2004 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources' Red List of Threatened Species.

A Lost Marsupial

interrobang — Wed, 04 May 2005 18:35:31 -0800

"The onslaught of destruction wrought upon the thylacine by the early settlers of Tasmania came about largely as a result of fear, ignorance, and misunderstanding." An extinct carnivorous marsupial .

The Endangered Species Act at 30

homunculus — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:30:25 -0800

The Endangered Species Act marked its 30th anniversary this December. Some say we need it while others say we need to change it. Whatever its faults, many species have benefited from it.

Extinction

homunculus — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 12:47:41 -0800

Lions in Africa are getting close to extinction. In fact, all the big alpha predators are in trouble. It may only be a matter of time before all the mega species disappear from the wild.

Cuban Wildlife

bshort — Fri, 23 May 2003 07:12:05 -0800

Cuba is best known for its legendary cigars and bearded dictators, but it's also home to some of the healthiest ecosystems in the Caribbean. Pygmy owls, bee hummingbirds, and solenodons share the islands of Cuba with tiny tiny tree frogs, trogons, and one of the largest groups of snails in the world. There are problems, though. Many species such as the giant cursorial owl, the ivory-billed woodpecker and the smallest of the giant sloths have been wiped out over the last 5,000 years, and other species are threatened.

MiguelCardoso — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:52:57 -0800

Feeling Peckish? Like a big bald eagle? Order one now! Humour might be one way of trying to protect endangered animals but the bushmeat trade is no joke and fighting it is damn difficult, probably as difficult as fighting world poverty. Does anyone else feel that these jokes just aren't funny anymore?