Extinction Countdown
Extinction Likely for World’s Rarest Bear Subspecies
May 6th, 2011 |
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The May 3 death of a Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) has put the world’s rarest bear subspecies one step closer to extinction. Just 50 or so of the animals remain in two of Italy’s national parks, a population so small that the bears are “below the threshold of survival,” Giuseppe Rossi, head of [...]
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