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17 Animals that Died During Our Lifetimes
The golden toad is pretty gorgeous. Too bad you’ll never see one in person. They went extinct in 1989: Scientists aren’t totally sure what led to this Costa Rican toad’s decline, but the best theory is that the El Nino weather pattern along with global warming and airborne pollution dried up pools and ponds the [...]
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Unanimous agreement among scientists: Earth to suffer major loss in species
The thylacine, the dodo, the great auk, the passenger pigeon, the golden toad: these species have become symbols of extinction. But they are only the tip of the recent extinction crisis, and according to a survey of 583 conservation... Read Post
Costa Rica's Golden Toads Killed by El Niño & A Pathogen, Not Climate Change
The Monteverde golden toad went extinct in 1989. Photo: Wikipedia. This probably won't be the last word on the demise of the Monteverde golden toad, but a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that normal... Read Post
El Niño and a pathogen, not global warming, killed Costa Rican toad
Scientists broadly agree that global warming may threaten the survival of many plant and animal species; but global warming did not kill the Monteverde golden toad, an often cited example of climate-triggered extinction, says a new ... Read Post