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Things are beginning to look up for the creature on which Kenneth Grahame based his Ratty character in Wind in the Willows, but unfortunately Beatrix Potter’s poor Mrs Tiggywinkle isn’t faring quite so well!

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The Louisiana state bird is known as the Brown Pelican. There are eight species of pelicans and the brown pelican is the smallest. They tend to live in the warm regions of the south. The brown pelican was listed as an endangered species about forty years ago. Just recently the pelican is no longer listed on the brink of extinction.

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Interestingly enough there are many people who feel the best thing for the planet is the extinction of humans. How likely is this to happen?

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The Holocene extinction event is killing species at 100 times the rate of normal extinction patterns but is a term that most people have not heard of.

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Yet another animal forced into extinction, if it had, in fact, ever existed.

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By 2030, 20 percent of all living species will become extinct, and if current rates of haunting and pollution continue, half of all species on earth will be extinct within a 100 years. Here’s a few species have become extinct since 2000.

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A short brief guide of the natural history of how humans came to be.

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The disappearance of warm waters and increased number of pleasure boats are striking mortal blows to the gentle giant.

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These rare turtles have one slim shot at survival.

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Why did dinosaurs become extinct. Read below.