extinction
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“The story of extinction and resilience related to climate and ecological change ... is just so relevant.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Male-female pair bonding is in no danger of extinction.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
But as our nature is classed amongst the most depleted in the world, with one in six species at risk of extinction, discovering a control on habitat destruction is a cause for hope.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The American red wolf was left on the verge of extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
But we also need to recognize that in the short run, during and immediately after the war for independence, there was a prevailing consensus that slavery was already on the road to extinction.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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