Read more extinction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5095/extinction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73895/koalas-face-extinction-by-climate-chlamydia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia's koalas face extinction as their population has been decimated by climate change and the loss of trees due to development and wildfires. Six years ago, they were thought to number more than 100,000; today, their count is as low as 43,000. Threats to their diet of eucalyptus...http://www.newser.com/story/73895/koalas-face-extinction-by-climate-chlamydia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70553/sore-throat-may-have-axed-t-rex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTyrannosaurus rex could have been laid low not by a planetwide dinosaur holocaust or vicious infighting, but by a parasite that still affects modern birds. Researchers have taken a close look at lesions on T. rex fossils once presumed to be battle scars and concluded that they are the work...http://www.newser.com/story/70553/sore-throat-may-have-axed-t-rex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 12:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62189/climate-change-not-humans-killed-mammoths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish scientists believe climate change did more than spear-wielding humans to wipe out the woolly mammoth in Europe, the Guardian reports. New tests have revealed that the mammoths roamed northern Europe until 14,000 years ago, much later than had been thought. Researchers believe the animals died out as the...http://www.newser.com/story/62189/climate-change-not-humans-killed-mammoths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 9:46:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57906/baby-mammoth-gives-up-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA nearly perfectly preserved 37,000-year-old baby mammoth is giving up tantalizing secrets about her species, scientists report. The creature, dubbed Lyuba by researchers, still sports clumps of hair and eyelashes, according to the Telegraph . Scientists have been able to examine stomach contents and the mineral makeup of the bones...http://www.newser.com/story/57906/baby-mammoth-gives-up-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 8:50:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57207/dinos-survived-in-the-arctic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA meteor strikes Earth, dust clouds block the sun, and shivering dinosaurs die off in the cold—right? Not so, say researchers who have dug up dinosaur fossils well above the Arctic Circle in Russia. Because the find includes fossilized dino eggshells, they say, dinosaurs settled up there and withstood...http://www.newser.com/story/57207/dinos-survived-in-the-arctic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 17:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55750/battered-australia-a-preview-of-climate-devastation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPummeled by drought, wildfires, and heat, Australia may be offering the world a preview of what’s to come as the planet warms, experts say. “Australia is the harbinger of change,” says a paleontologist. Many say climate change has already taken a human toll in the 173 killed by wildfires and...http://www.newser.com/story/55750/battered-australia-a-preview-of-climate-devastation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 9:29:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53467/half-the-worlds-languages-will-vanish-by-2100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlobalization has many benefits, but the preservation of the world's languages is decidedly not among them. Ever since the invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago, smaller tribes have assimilated into bigger ones and seen their native tongues lost, and the process has been speeding up, reports the Washington Post...http://www.newser.com/story/53467/half-the-worlds-languages-will-vanish-by-2100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 11:11:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49570/cloning-brings-extinct-ibex-back-to-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have used frozen skin samples from a Spanish ibex to create the first clone of an extinct species, reports the Telegraph. The ibex, a wild mountain goat native to the Pyrenees, died out in 2000. Scientists were able to extract DNA from preserved cells and implant it in the...http://www.newser.com/story/49570/cloning-brings-extinct-ibex-back-to-life.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Feb 2009 6:07:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49347/comet-might-not-have-killed-mammoths-after-all-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew evidence undermines the theory that the impact from a comet killed off the woolly mammoth and enough humans to end the prehistoric Clovis culture, the BBC reports. Supporters of the impact theory point to a planet-wide rash of wildfires, but while a new analysis of sediment under North American...http://www.newser.com/story/49347/comet-might-not-have-killed-mammoths-after-all-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 15:35:01 CST