NewsBeat SocialTag: extinction
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Woolly Mammoths May Soon Come Back to Life
11/19/14 1:32 PM PST
South Korean scientists are looking to clone a woolly mammoth using DNA from a newly-discovered mammoth named Buttercup
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Megalodon's Extinction Allows Whales to Thrive
11/05/14 3:48 PM PST
Researchers believe that the Megalodon shark went extinct 2.6 billion years ago, about the same time that baleen whales starting growing to their current massive size
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U.S. Looks to Protect African Lions
10/30/14 10:00 AM PST
The Obama administration proposed legal protection for African lions, whose population has declined by 30 percent in the past two decades
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The World's Newest Whale Is Also Endangered
10/08/14 5:34 PM PST
Researchers say a genetically distinct species of whale recently discovered could face extinction if something isn't done to protect it
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Chinese Box Office Revenues Surge 32%; Hollywood Cashes In
10/01/14 3:12 PM PST
Last year, box office sales hit $3.55 billion; this year just the first 9 months have seen the cash registers ringing to the tune of $3.52 billion
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Grim Outlook for Wild Chinese Sturgeon
09/16/14 9:24 AM PST
China's state media reported that no wild Chinese sturgeon reproduced in the Yangtze River last year
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Amazon's Largest Fish Becoming 'Locally Extinct'
08/18/14 9:07 AM PST
Arapaima populations are averaging extremely low numbers, and some parts of the Amazon are completely devoid of the fish
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China's Appetite for Fish Bladder Threatens Porpoise
08/05/14 8:52 AM PST
A recently published environmental report suggests that gillnet fishing in the Sea of Cortez is pushing the world's smallest porpoise to the brink of extinction
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'Purge' Can't Remove 'Apes'
07/22/14 10:24 AM PST
'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' still rules the weekend box office despite a terrific challenge from 'The Purge: Anarchy'
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Poachers Driving Africa's Vultures to Extinction
07/14/14 2:17 PM PST
Poachers in southern Africa are killing a record number of vultures to help hide the evidence of their illegal big-game kills
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'Transformers' Has Holiday Spark
07/09/14 3:57 PM PST
Michael Bay's 'Transformers' outperforms 'Tammy' at the box office, and has now earned $575 million globally
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'Transformers' Takes No Prisoners at Weekend Box Office
07/02/14 10:58 AM PST
"Transformers: Age of Extinction" vanquishes the competition and earns $301 million globally