extinction

They suggest that this protective feature may have helped ancient bryophytes, the plant group that includes mosses, move from water to land roughly 500 million years ago and survive repeated mass extinctions.

Thousands of species at risk of extinction in Wales have been revealed in a new study.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature red list categorizes lions as vulnerable to extinction.

A United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization expert advisory panel also said in a report this year that the risk of extinction for Japanese and American eels was "low".

Although it’s a relatively small number, it represents a stunning recovery for the apex predators, which were hunted and trapped into extinction in the 1920s.