English example sentences with "extinction"

The Siberian tiger is on the verge of extinction.
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There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.
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Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.
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Extinction is part of evolution.
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Many fragile species are on the verge of extinction.
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Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
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Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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They are in danger of extinction.
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Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.
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Imogen of the Internet has created a seminal classification of thirty distinct varieties of chatspeak, some now facing linguistic extinction.
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Many of the world's seven thousand or so languages are spoken only by handfuls of living people and are in danger of extinction.
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Extinction is a part of evolution.
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It's funny how Esperanto activists still engage in Volapük bashing even though Esperanto has leapfrogged Volapük to near-extinction over the course of a hundred years.
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The violence of one nation against another, generated by religious and nationalist ideals, led to the creation of a new term to describe the cold desire for total extinction of a group of people, based on criteria of color, ethnicity, or religion.
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I want to help Native Americans to save their languages from extinction.
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Cats are the top threat to wildlife. They already are responsible for the global extinction of thirty three species and kill billions of wild birds and mammals each year.
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Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
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Now we want to save our languages from extinction, not talk about them.
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The depredations of human hunters are thought to have been the key factor that pushed many species to extinction.
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Many conservationists fear the continuing slaughter of whales is pushing these animals towards extinction.
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About 600 languages are in process of extinction, because of English.
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A large asteroid was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Climate change impacts on biodiversity are already being observed in alteration of the timing of critical biological events such as spring bud burst, and substantial range shifts of many species. In the longer term, there is an increased risk of species extinction.
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Many animal species are on the brink of extinction.
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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
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Pandas were hunted to near-extinction by humans.
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Most scientists now agree that Chicxulub contains evidence that a huge asteroid or comet crashed into Earth's surface, causing the extinction of more than 70 percent of the living species on the planet, including the dinosaurs.

These animals are on the verge of extinction.

We are in the midst of the 6th mass extinction.

Turtle doves are vulnerable to global extinction.

The Permian–Triassic extinction event occurred about 250M years ago.

Sea otters were hunted to near-extinction for their fur in the 1700s and 1800s.

Invasive species can lead to the extinction of native plants and animals, destroy biodiversity, and permanently alter habitats.

After years of hard work, we finally have reason to believe that these iconic dolphins can be protected against extinction.

Cats and foxes are one of the main reasons Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the world.

It is estimated that feral cats kill 1 million birds in Australia every day and have caused the extinction of 20 native species.

The study in the journal PLOS Biology lists what the authors say are the world's 10 most charismatic animals: tigers, lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards, pandas, cheetahs, polar bears, gray wolves and gorillas. The common depiction of these animals in cartoons and movies and as toys has led to what the authors call "virtual populations" — people believe the animals are not at risk of extinction in the wild because they appear to be everywhere.

Some wild animals are on the brink of extinction.

Many kinds of animals are threatened with extinction.

"In the midst of an unprecedented extinction crisis, the Trump administration is eviscerating our most effective wildlife protection law,” the National Resources Defense Council said. “These regulatory changes will place vulnerable species in immediate danger – all to line the pockets of industry. We are counting on the courts to step in before it is too late."

Environmentalists credit the 1973 Endangered Species Act with saving numerous animals, plants and other species from extinction.

The finalized changes include requiring consideration of economic cost when deciding whether to save a species from extinction.

The Berbers of the Canary Islands, also known as the Guanche, were nearly pushed to extinction.

The horse chestnut tree is now classified as vulnerable to extinction.

Some languages are on the verge of extinction.

Climate change, pollution and fishing are causing irreversible damage to New Zealand's marine environment and putting many birds and mammals at risk of extinction, according to a new report from the nation’s Ministry for the Environment.

The report said 90 percent of the country's seabirds and about a quarter of its marine mammals are threatened with extinction, and that 16 percent of New Zealand's fish stocks had been overfished.

Scientists fear that koalas could be heading toward extinction by 2050 if the destruction of their habitat continues.

"We are in the beginning of a mass extinction," she said, "and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"

We are in the midst of a mass extinction.

It is estimated that feral cats kill 1.4 billion native animals every year in Australia, which has one of the world’s worst mammal extinction rates.

Polar bears are in danger of extinction.

Oh my God! Even insects are threatened with extinction.

Is the Barbary stag doomed to extinction?

The Ordovician-Silurian Extinction Event wiped out nearly 85% of marine species.

We're at the beginning of a global mass extinction event.

The opportunistic predators have caused the extinction of some ground-dwelling birds and small to medium-sized mammals.

This bird is now in danger of extinction.

“You know, there were societies set up to deliberately introduce stuff so that the Europeans felt more at home. Australia just like New Zealand has suffered enormously as a result. Australia unfortunately has the worst record internationally for mammalian extinction, and that is largely to do with the activities of feral cats and feral foxes.”

The Iberian lynx is in danger of extinction.

The vaquita is a porpoise species endemic to Mexico, living in the northern end of the Gulf of California, and is considered to be in danger of extinction.

You're an obsolete species and destined as soon as possible to extinction.

The blue macaw is on its way to extinction.

Since 1945, more land has been converted to agriculture, than in the 18th and 19th centuries combined. At least a quarter of all fish stocks are over-harvested. Ten to 30 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species are currently threatened with extinction. One-third of the world's population is living in water-scarce or water-stressed areas, and this is projected to double over the next 25 years. But, climate change may do more damage to the Earth than all of these other factors.

The asteroid that triggered a mass extinction and the demise of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago gave rise to a modern age of fishes, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A bio-diverse ecosystem is often a delicate balance, and it doesn’t take much to upset it. In her research, co-author Diane Srivastava has studied the cascading effects of extinction. In one experiment, the University of British Columbia ecologist removed the ecosystem’s top predator — a damsel fly larva — from a single bromeliad plant — with surprising results.

Do you reckon humans will cause their own extinction?

Botswana wildlife authorities have refuted reports the country's rhinoceros population is on the verge of extinction due to poaching.

Thylacines were brutally hunted by humans to extinction.

Thylacines were shot to extinction.

The Hawaiian language is threatened with extinction, having been largely supplanted by English.

Less than 20 vaquitas remain in the wild, and entanglement in illegal gillnets is driving the species toward extinction.

A language that is not written is doomed to extinction.

The following is a complete history of Congressional legislation in regard to the protection of the buffalo from wanton slaughter and ultimate extinction.

Africa's wild animals are doomed to extinction.

Radiated tortoises are extremely rare, and experts say they may be on the verge of extinction.

Is a new mass extinction coming? Everything leads me to fear that the damned war industry is about to achieve, with its sinister nuclear arsenal, the stupid goal of extinguishing life on Earth.

Stories of shark attacks are unnerving for those who enjoy swimming in the ocean. They deepen the controversy about how close humans should even get to these animals. While defenders of sharks acknowledge they should be treated with a healthy dose of fear, they also say sharks are highly misunderstood. Of over 380 types of sharks, only 3 or 4 kinds are known to attack humans, and there are fewer than 80 such attacks a year. On the other hand, many types of sharks are on the verge of extinction, due to human fishing practices. VOA-TV's Zulima Palacio went diving with a woman who takes divers under water to experience "swimming with sharks".

The widespread extinction of animal and plant species is creating problems.

An international team of scientists has sequenced the complete genome of the woolly mammoth. Led by the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, the work opens the door to recreate the huge herbivore, which last roamed the Earth 4,000 years ago. VOA’s Rosanne Skirble considers the science of de-extinction and its place on the planet.

The extinction of that species is imminent.

On the U.S. Pacific island state of Hawaii, an invasive predator is threatening many native bird species with extinction. The predator is the mongoose, a non-native mammal introduced to the island chain over a century ago to control rats in the sugar cane fields. Now, environmental groups say, it's the mongoose that's out of control, feeding on the eggs and chicks of the island's many ground-nesting birds, including several endangered species that lay just one egg per year.

New animal illnesses generally originate in invasive species. Zebra mussels that have spread throughout the U.S. Great Lake introduced a type of botulism that has killed some 100,000 birds in the last decade. A fungus spread by the trade in amphibians has led to the extinction of about 120 species of frogs around the world.

This bird is now on the verge of extinction.

The disappearance of one unique group of wolves coincided with the bison’s near-extinction, suggesting that although the bison eventually recovered, an entire “ecotype” of wolves specialized to hunt them never did.

These models, or "population viability analyses," assess the risk of extinction over time based on computational iterations that play out how a herd may expand and contract (with births and deaths) and genetically evolve given the interplay of the number, age and sex of animals in the herd; reproductive traits; influx of new genetics vs. inbreeding; management actions (culling/hunting); and potential effects of random events such as disease, drought and fire.

The panda is on the way to extinction.

In Korea, Tigers were hunted into extinction largely by the Japanese when they occupied the country between 1910 and 1945.

The Permian mass extinction is the largest biosphere catastrophe in Earth's history.

Nuclear weapons are like the sword of Damocles, threatening humanity with extinction.

What will it take to save the human species from extinction?

Even though the Belarusian language is in danger of extinction, there's still hope that it can be saved.

The Greenland wolf is on the verge of extinction, with an estimated population of about a hundred animals.