-Caveat Lector- Additional information: http://www.well.com/user/davidu/extinction.html American Museum of Natural History Official Statement on Mass Extinction American Museum of Natural History Press Release on Mass Extinction Fastest Mass Extinction in Earth's History (Worldwatch Report) THE SIXTH EXTINCTION by Richard Leakey The Sixth Extinction (National Geographic Magazine) The Sixth Extinction (American Museum of Natural History) GLOBAL EXTINCTION CRISIS CONFIRMED-- 2000 IUCN Red List Released Mass Extinction Pace Quickening: Red List 2000 Released (N.Y. Times) 1998 Comprehensive Data on Plant Extinction Rate (N.Y. Times) 1996 Comprehensive Data on Animal Extinction Rate (IUCN) World's Biodiversity Becoming Extinct (International Botanical Congress) Scientists Warn of Mass Extinction (Environmental News Network) CNN Special Report on Mass Extinction Human Impact Triggers Massive Extinctions (Environment News Service) Unprecedented Extinction Rate (World Conservation Union) The Current Mass Extinction (Scientific American) Biodiversity Under Siege (Environmental News Network) Mammals, Fish, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles Suffering Major Declines (Worldwatch) Many Primates Face Extinction (CNN) Monkeys, Apes Are Being Eaten to Extinction (Associated Press) Primate Extinction Surge (ABC) Primates in Peril (CNN) Mass Extinction of Freshwater Creatures Forecast (WWF Report) World's Freshwater Systems in Peril (World Resources Institute) 1,600 Marine Scientists Warn That The Sea Is In Peril (MCBI) Saltwater Species May Vanish (American Fisheries Society) Many Aquatic Species on Verge of Extinction (BBC) World Amphibian Populations Plummet Toward Extinction (AAAS) Amphibians Declining Worldwide (Boston Globe) Reptiles Vanishing Faster Than Amphibians (CNN) Migratory Birds and Animals Rapidly Dying Out (Environment News Service) Trees on the Verge of Mass Extinction (World Conservation Monitoring Centre) Worldwide Plant Crisis Accelerating (E/Environmental Magazine) Plants: Heading for Extinction (ABC News) One in Eight Birds Face Extinction (BirdLife International) Humans Driving Many Birds to Extinction (ABC News) Quarter of Parrot Species on Brink of Extinction (BBC) World's Great Apes Hurtling Toward Extinction (Associated Press) Apes on the Edge (Population Action International) Orangutans On Brink of Extinction (National Geographic) Orangutan Numbers Plummeting Worldwide (Wildlife Conservation Society) Half of World's Turtles Face Extinction (CNN) Seahorses on Path to Extinction (ABC News) Sharks Face Extinction (ABC News) Extinction Stalks World's Tigers (World Wildlife Fund) Lions Face New Threat-- Only 15,000 Left in Africa (Manchester Guardian) Indian Elephants on Brink of Extinction (ABC News) Vietnamese Elephants Face Extinction (Fauna and Flora International) African Elephant Population Down 90% Since 1930 (N.Y. Times) World's Bears Under Threat of Extinction (World Wide Fund for Nature) Last Remaining Ocelot Habitat Threatened (Defenders of Wildlife) Cheetahs on Brink of Extinction (CNN) Sea Otter Approaching Extinction (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Rhinos on the Edge (Ecology Magazine) Penguins in Peril (Environment News Service) British Butterflies Face Extinction (BBC) UK Butterfly Decline Steepens (BBC) Many Bees Threatened With Extinction (International Bee Research Association) Bumblebees Could Face Extinction (BBC) Hawaii Hanging By A Thread (Discover Magazine) Amazon Rainforest Will Be Destroyed by 2020 (BBC) "Extinction Spasm" Beginning in West Africa (Duke University) Bushmeat Trade Wiping Out Large African Mammals (Scientific American) Five Years Left for Sumatra's Forests and Key Species (Manchester Guardian) Wildcats Losing Battle for Survival in U.S. (National Wildlife Federation) Coral Reefs Will Be Gone In 20 Years (AP) Dead Zones in the Oceans (Manchester Guardian) Humans' Closest Relative in Danger of Extinction (Bonobo Protection Fund) Is Humanity Suicidal? by E.O. Wilson, Harvard University Can Humans and Nature Coexist? (USA Today) The Weeds Shall Inherit the Earth, David Quammen (The London Independent) Life in the Balance, by Niles Eldredge, American Museum of Natural History Going Before Their Time, Sir Robert May, Oxford University The Biodiversity Crisis, Peter Raven, Washington University Earth in the Balance, Peter Raven, Washington University Are We Facing Mass Extinction? Peter Raven [RealAudio] Mass Extinction, E.O. Wilson and Russell Mittermeier [RealAudio] The Meaning Of Mass Extinction, George Schaller, Bronx Zoo (ABC) [RealAudio] Mass Extinction Foreseen, Michael Soule, U.C. Santa Cruz Biotic Holocaust, Norman Myers, Oxford University A Winnowing for Tomorrow's World, Norman Myers, Oxford University Ecologists Predict Massive Extinction (University of Tennessee) The Dawn of a New Mesozoic Era (Wired News) Losing Strands in the Web of Life (Worldwatch Institute) Extinctions Past and Present (World Book) The Brink of the Homogocene (U.S. National Academy of Sciences) A Field Guide to the Sixth Extinction (N.Y. Times) The Last of Their Kind (E/Environmental Magazine) Local Populations Going Extinct (Stanford University) Study Jolts Views on Recovery from Extinctions (N.Y. Times) Recovery From Extinction Will Take Ten Million Years (ABC News) Global Warming Report Predicts Doom For Many Species (N.Y. Times) Global Warming Threatens Third of World Habitat (Reuters) Extinctions, Not Random, Threaten Thousands of Species (UniSci) Hunting To Extinction (U.S. News and World Report) What Will We Lose As More Species Vanish? (N.Y. Times) Human Alteration of Environment has Triggered Sixth Major Extinction (Nature) The Current Biodiversity Extinction Event (U.S. National Academy of Sciences) The Biotic Crisis and the Future of Evolution (U.S. National Academy of Sciences) Biodiversity: Vanishing Before Our Eyes (Time Magazine) Time Nearly Up For Human Race (Manchester Guardian) Humans Moving Closer To Extinction, Study Says (MSNBC) Time Running Out For the Environment (Johns Hopkins Population Information Program) Needed-- Two More Planets (WWF) Governments Sound Biodiversity Alarm (Convention on Biological Diversity) UN Paints Grim Global Picture (United Nations Environment Program-- Outlook 2000) Condition Critical: U.N. Assessment of Earth's Ecosystems (Time) The Fraying Web of Life (United Nations) Why Are We Not Astonished? 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