Word: extinctionism
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To William Holt, a research fellow at the Institute of Zoology in London, the best approach is to learn more about species' reproductive systems and the social conditions that can make animals want to breed naturally. "If you know those things, you can improve success rates a lot without doing...
It's a working template of American experience and, on the whole, useful. The young man obeys Horace Greeley and goes West; in California, he runs out of America. It is the culmination and extinction of hope. The vision of plenty for everyone becomes a mockery--a process whose impact...
India's common white-backed vulture is on the verge of extinction, hit by an unidentified virus sweeping South Asia. To protect their way of death, Parsi leaders plan to build a 50-ft.-high aviary around their jungle-shrouded "Towers of Silence" in one of the toniest areas of...
Survival of the fittest. Scarce resources. These aren't just phrases from evolutionary biology, they are descriptions of the situation which would confront student organizations if the council focused the grants budget toward a few select groups. What doesn't kill the rest will only make them stronger. After the...
Take a close look at the species on this page. It may be the last time you see them. Scientists have long warned that animals and plants are disappearing at an alarming rate. According to the IUCN Red List, a closely watched assessment of the health of the remaining species...