Times (UK): Nearly 500 species of plants and animals have disappeared in England in the past 200 years, according to the first comprehensive audit of native wildlife. The disappearances, which have been largely attributed to human activities, include four species that did not exist anywhere else. The great auk, a flightless seabird similar to a penguin, Ivell's sea anemone, Mitten's beardless-moss and York groundsel, a weed, have all become extinct since 1800. "These species were lost on ......
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United Kingdom: 500 species of plants and animals vanish because of humans, says study
Posted by Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed on March 11th, 2010
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