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Antique Sheep

Humanity today is witnessing the greatest mass extinction of species since the dinosaurs demise. Most of the vanishing breeds are wild, and many are found in remote locales like tropical rainforests. But some threatened species live much closer to home, in farmyards. About 30 percent of the world’s domestic animal breeds risk extinction, the United […]

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Last Native Speaker

Endangered Mammals

Primates in Peril

Emerging Science Note/Discovery & Extinction

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The Red List

Fifteen thousand species of animals and plants are considered threatened, according to the World Conservation Congress’s annual Red List. That’s 3,000 more than last year and biologists believe the new numbers are a conservative estimate. Host Steve Curwood talks with Conservation International biologist Michael Hoffman about the list, and the role climate change may play […]

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