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...current rates of habitat destruction continue, orangutans will be extinct within 10 to 20 years, according to an article published by a Harvard researcher in this month’s National Geographic magazine...
...Howard and his son, Bruce, who was in high school at the time, took a trip to the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat in search of a now-extinct plant...
Thirty years is a blink in the life of a vineyard. In some aspects, these wineries are still finding their footing, looking for ways to distinguish themselves and earn praise from the finicky wine establishment. But they have preserved the near extinct agricultural heritage of Long Island and given residents and visitors alike something to drink...
With Daniel Patrick Moynihan's death, Washington lost another member of an all but extinct breed: the politician as unapologetic intellectual. The former New York Senator, who died Wednesday at 76 from complications arising from a burst appendix, was known for his sharp wit and his nimble mind. He was also known for his refusal to toe to the party line. As such, he was occasionally a thorn in the side of both parties, frustrating liberals and conservatives alike. He defied easy categorization, and brought an academic sensibility to a town better known for its sensationalism...
...have in a collection is millions of dead animals, preserved for longterm use,” Hanken says. “These collections were made before molecular biology was born. The techniques of molecular biology allow us to go back to preserved specimens and pull out DNA from extinct organisms and endangered species...