A northern white rhino leaves her pen to graze in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. She is one of about half a dozen of her kind left in the world, and all live in zoos or on protected lands. The species is doomed to extinction, and many others may follow, scientists warn in a new study.
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Today’s animal species are disappearing at a rate up to 100 times higher than they did in the past — and humans are responsible, a new study warns.

Since the year 1500, at least 338 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish have become extinct, researchers reported Friday in the journal Scientific Advances. Among the […]