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Extinction Coverage

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a species of mole with an iridescent golden coat and the ability to almost “swim” through sand dunes after it hadn't been seen for more than 80 years and was thought to be extinct.

Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct is found again in South Africa

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Duke professor and animal expert Stuart Pimm feels if the endangered species act been signed sooner, the ivory-billed woodpecker could have been saved.

BEING TAXED ON THAT INCOME. >> INTERESTING DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. TODAY, THE U.S. OFFICIALS DECLARED MORE THAN 20 SPECIES EXTINCT. >> THIS LATEST REPORT TO GENERATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENT HOW IT IS CHANGING. INCLUDED IN THIS LIST ARE 11 BIRDS, EIGHT FRESHWATER MUSSELS, TWO FISH, A BASS, AND A PLANT. THE WOODPECKER IS ON THE LIST. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. EXPERTS INVOLVED IN THE CLASSIFICATION SAY THIS WAS MANY OF THE SPECIES WERE EXTINCT BETWEEN 1973. >> JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT TODAY'S ELEMENT IS TO BIOLOGIST AND EXTINCTION EXPERT , PROFESSOR STUART. THE WOODPECKER APPEARS TO BE THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE ANIMAL ON THIS LIST. IS THERE A CASE WHERE THE IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED, BUT IT JUST WASN'T? >> FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A SPECTACULAR BIRD. IT IS A REALLY BIG WOODPECKER. IT IS A BIRD THAT WE COULD HAVE SEEN NORTH CAROLINA. I THINK EMMA HAD WE HAD THE INVASIVE SPECIES ACT 50 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE SAVED THIS BIRD. ONE SPECIES LISTED ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, THEY ARE THE VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SURVIVING. BUT, ALAS, THE ACT CAME TOO LATE FOR THIS SPECIES. IN SEVERAL OTHER SPECIES THAT WE HAVE. >> WE KNOW YOU HAVE A KEEN INTEREST IN HAWAIIAN WILDLIFE. HAWAII HAS EIGHT BIRDS AND ONE PLAN ON THE LIST. DOES THIS INDICATE A THREAT FOR OTHER SPECIES THAT ARE STILL PRESENT AND WHY? >> YES. THE GREATEST NUMBER OF SPECIES ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION IN OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. HAWAII IS A REMOTE GROUP OF ISLANDS WITH AN INCREDIBLE NATURAL HISTORY, HERITAGE. AND ALAS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN KIND TO THOSE ISLANDS. A LOT OF SPECIES HAVE GONE EXTINCT. ONE OF THE SPECIES ON THE LIST WAS ONE I SAW 20 YEARS AGO. AND THERE IS A LOT OF SPECIES THAT ARE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION NOW. >> I HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO HAVE CAMPED OUT FOR WEEKS IN THE WOODS JUST LOOKING, LISTENING AND LOOKING FOR BIRDS THAT ARE VERY, VERY RARE. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT SOME OF THESE SPECIES COULD APPEAR AGAIN IF PEOPLE MAY BE LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACE? >> THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE ROMEO AND JULIET AFFECT. ROMEO GIVES UP ON JULIET TOO SOON AND ONE OF THE OTHER KILLS THEMSELVES. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP UNTIL IT IS, UNTIL WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE GONE. AND I'M AFRAID OF A SPECTACULAR IVY WOULD BILL PACKER, THAT IS TRUE. BUT, WE GENERALLY WAIT UNTIL THE VERY, VERY LAST MINUTE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY OF SAVING THE SPECIES. >> HOW MANY SPECIES DO WE HAVE OUT THERE NOW THAT STILL EXIST HOWEVER THE NUMBERS ARE SO LOW THAT WE CAN'T SAVE THEM REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE IN THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION ARE GETTING VERY, VERY MUCH BETTER AT SAVING SPECIES THAT ARE ON THE BRINK. THIS MORNING, I SAW A BALD EAGLE FLYOVER. WE SAVED THE BALD EAGLE, OUR NATIONAL BIRD. AND THERE ARE OTHER SPECIES. THAT ARE VERY, VERY RARE NOW. LIKE THE WHOOPING CRANE THAT WE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE REALLY CAN DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO PREVENT EXTINCTIONS. IT IS A PITY WE WERE TOO LATE FOR THE IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER. >> INDEED. >> IT IS FASCINATING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHT WITH US.

Duke professor: Ivory-billed woodpecker a 'spectacular bird'

Among the males n a captive breeding program at the Fausto Llerena Tortoise Center, Diego displayed an exceptional sex drive, so much so, he's credited with helping save his species from extinction.



Diego, the tortoise whose high sex drive helped save his species, retires

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What happened to the dinosaurs when an asteroid about 6 miles wide struck Earth some 66 million years ago in what is today Mexico is well known: It wiped them out. But the exact fate of our planet’s diverse ocean dwellers at the time — shelly ammonites, giant mosasaurs and other sea creatures — has not been as well understood.

The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Acidified the Ocean in a Flash

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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature predicts that once critically endangered species are lost, it will take 3 billion to 5 billion years for nature to recover current biodiversity.

Extinction Coverage

Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct is found again in South Africa

Duke professor: Ivory-billed woodpecker a 'spectacular bird'

Diego, the tortoise whose high sex drive helped save his species, retires

The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Acidified the Ocean in a Flash

Recovery from human-caused animal extinction will take millions of years