Sentences with phrase «from near extinction»

The tale of the bald eagle's return from near extinction should provide encouragement to fans of the polar bear, whose habitat is threatened by climate change.

In just a few decades, the American alligator has gone from near extinction to thriving to being a target.

By Al Zagofsky - Special to the Times News of Carbon County Pennsylvania April 17, 2004 petting whale Since whaling was banned in 1946, the California Gray Whale population has rebounded from near extinction to a population that has been estimated to be as high as 27,000.

The humpback whale's recovery from near extinction is a heartening success story.

But in the last 15 years the Humpback whales have been making a welcome come back from near extinction.

As stated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species, the northern elephant seal has recovered from near extinction and population growth and is expected to continue over the coming decades.

The endemic island fox is California's smallest natural canine and has rebounded from its near extinction in the late 1990s.

Studying this outbreak as it happens should shed light on some key factors driving FPV back from near extinction.

The breed was rescued from near extinction by Professor Albert Heim around the turn of the century and has developed slowly since then.

In fact, black - footed ferrets are fighting their way back from near extinction.

The breed was saved from near extinction after World War II through the friendship of two concerned Norwegians, but even today it is an extremely rare dog.

A pair of nesting bald eagles have been found on San Clemente Island off the Southern California coast, the National Park Service said, marking the latest step in their comeback from near extinction

The Florida panther, namesake of an ice hockey team in Miami, was designated the state's official animal in 1982, and is clawing its way back from near extinction.

Overall, Sir Henry Norris certainly had his flaws, but his inspirational, visionary and downright expensive actions took Arsenal from near extinction, to eventual League title winners.

you are correct but it was our country that did what was needed in order to bring them back from near extinction was it not?

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Once the climate started to improve, after 70,000 years ago, we came back from this near - extinction event.

actually many pagans survived and went underground and also in places where the reaches of the catholic church did not get For example a whole other half Europe two whole continents on the other side of the ocean etc Paganism was driven into near extinction by it's brother religion that came from the same roots but it was not at all eradicated The irony find is Christians were persecuted by the Roman empire before the rule of Constantine and then during the burning times persecuted witches and pagans (aswell as non-pagans for corrupted reasons) An oximoron and hypocritical religion

The bison population in North America will never again reach pre-European levels, but the population has recovered from its near - extinction level of the 1890s.

A few amphibian species in Panama are recovering from near - extinction, after apparently evolving resistance to the deadly chytrid fungus

Grizzly bears were classified in 1975 as threatened in the continental United States after nearing extinction from hunting, trapping and poisoning.

The decline of wetlands is nearing a critical threshold below which the losses could inflict severe and lasting harm on ecosystems — driving numerous migratory bird species to the brink of extinction and jeopardizing nearly 20 % of the world's fisheries, warns a new report from Chinese and U.S scientists.

Kerosene refined from such petroleum helped displace the whale oil that lit lamps in the 19th century and led to the near extinction of many whale species.

Then, consider that this creature you may have heard of for the first time 30 seconds ago comes from a group of animals not only nearing extinction, but unthinkably ancient and the survivor of several extreme climate change events.

NEW YORK (AP)-- An Italian truffle - sniffer, a French sheep herder nurtured back from near - extinction and a small Californian shepherd are joining the American Kennel Club's roster of recognized dog breeds.

In the book, Craig often refers to people who have done a great service for their breed by, say, bringing it back from near - extinction or promoting working abilities.

They emphasize the fact that animals require protection and love from human beings and make efforts to save the animals near the extinction stage.

We hope this will lead to a continued building of their numbers in Washington waters as they recover from persecution and near extinction in the previous century.

The story picks up four years after the conclusion of Resistance 2, humanity is near extinction and Joe has been vilified and discharged from the army for killing the hero Hale, and the new protagonist is doing his best to live in peace with his family and other survivors.

Mr. Wilson's description brought to mind discussions I had around 2001 with Karl Flessa, a scientist at the University of Arizona whose focus has been the near - extinction of a clam species from the Colorado River delta that just a century ago was so abundant that its shells still form beaches and dunes.

«The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) was hunted to near extinction between 1904 and 1972, declining from an estimated initial abundance of more than 250,000 to fewer than 400.»

The Amur tiger is the largest cat in the world, reports the Huffington Post, and until the early 20th Century, when habitat loss from human invasion and poaching drove the cats to near extinction, they lived across China, Korea, and Russia.