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Meteorite that hit Earth 3 billion years ago dwarfed rock that caused dinosaur extinction: study

As It Happens6:19Meteorite that hit Earth 3 billion years ago dwarfed rock that caused dinosaur extinction: study Over three billion…

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Check out the elephants at risk of extinction, and the wild cats that are bouncing back

Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation…

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Atlantic whitefish are on the brink of extinction. Can a captive breeding program save them?

Scientists will implant tiny tracking tags in up to 200 captive-raised Atlantic whitefish this year as part of the effort…

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How documenting the disappearance of the great auk led to the discovery of extinction

Quirks and Quarks17:24How documenting the disappearance of the great auk led to the discovery of extinction When species cease to…

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Frozen sperm could help bring these giant sea stars back from the brink of extinction

As It Happens6:50Frozen sperm could help bring these giant sea stars back from the brink of extinction Melissa Torres spent…

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France’s favourite cheese, Camembert, facing ‘extinction’ crisis

PARIS – When Napoleon first encountered a Camembert cheese, legend has it, he was so delighted he kissed the waitress…

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Colonialism contributed to extinction of woolly dogs valued by Indigenous people, study suggests

For thousands of years, a breed of white, woolly dog played an important and cultural role for Coast Salish people in Western…

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