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- Dictionaryextinction/ɪkˈstɪŋ(k)ʃn/
noun
- 1. the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct: "preventing the extinction of this unique frog will require the restoration of ponds and surrounding habitats"
- 2. reduction to zero in the intensity of light or other radiation as it passes through a medium, due to absorption, reflection, or scattering: "ultraviolet extinction"
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3 days ago · Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to reproduce and recover. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively.
5 days ago · Extinction is the dying out or extermination of a species, which can occur due to environmental or evolutionary factors. Learn about the different types of extinction, the causes of human-induced extinction, and the current mass extinction event from Britannica.
3 days ago · Biodiversity loss, the reduction in an area’s biodiversity (the number of genes, species, individual organisms, or ecosystems) expressed by species loss, population declines and reductions in the genetic diversity within a species, and the collapse of biological communities.
- John P. Rafferty
3 days ago · Specialist species (i.e., those adapted to narrow habitats, limited food resources, or other specific environmental conditions) are often the most vulnerable to dramatic population declines and extinction when conditions change.
- John P. Rafferty
2 days ago · The prospect of extinction, the complete loss of a species or other group of organisms, has long provoked strong responses. Until the turn of the 18th century, deeply held and widely shared beliefs about the order of nature led to a firm rejection of the possibility that species could entirely vanish.
5 days ago · Human hunting, not climate change, played a decisive role in the extinction of large mammals over the last 50,000 years. This conclusion comes from researchers who reviewed over 300 scientific ...
3 days ago · Protecting habitat and reintroducing deer and wild boar pulled this cat from the brink of extinction. Leopards are the most adaptable big cat, surviving anywhere from deserts to jungles to high ...
