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Extinction: The Story of the Passenger Pigeon (Popularity:  )
(Score: 15.63)
http://www.eco-action.org/dt/pigeon.html
Brief history of the events leading up to the extinction.
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Animalia
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Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.90)
http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/paleontology/extinction.html
A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and "extinction-like" events, primarily from the Phanerozoic.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Paleontology\Extinction
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Extinction of the American Passenger Pigeon: The True Story (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.91)
http://www.wildbirds.org/apidesay.htm
Essay by Edward Howe Forbush written in 1917.
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Animalia
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Mass Extinction Underway (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.30)
http://www.well.com/user/davidu/extinction.html
Links to articles on biodiversity and species extinction.
Category: Science\Environment\Biodiversity
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The Permian Mass Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.21)
http://hannover.park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/permass.html
Discusses the geologic setting, possible causes, and taxa affected by the extinction event at the end of the Paleozoic.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Paleontology\Extinction
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Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.58)
http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/homepg.html
Covers patterns and periodicity of extinction, with discussions of major mass extinctions and minor extinction events.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Paleontology\Extinction
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Dinosaur Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.05)
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/a.buckley/dino.htm
Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Paleontology\Extinction
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The Late Devonian Mass Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.80)
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/impact2000/pdf/3072.pdf
A professional technical paper discussing whether the Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) mass extinction was initiated by an extraterrestrial impact or an earth-bound event.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Paleontology\Extinction
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Protect Bats from Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.72)
http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/conserve.html
Explains why we should try to protect bats from extinction and gives links to other relevant sites.
Category: Science\Environment\Biodiversity\Conservation
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Mass Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.68)
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/newmme/science/extinction.html
A mathematical model for mass extinction.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Paleontology\Extinction
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Nene, or Hawaiian Goose (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.63)
http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/a_nene.shtml
Information on Hawaii's State Bird and its struggle against extinction. The Nene has endured a long struggle against extinction. During the 1940s, this beautiful species was almost wiped out by ...
Category: Science\Biology\Zoology
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Crusader - The Story of the Shelton Flying Wing (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.43)
http://www.rareplanes.com
This story chronicles a futuristic, Art Deco airplane of the 1930's and its creator, Thomas Shelton.
Category: Science\Technology\Aerospace\Aeronautics
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Extinction Risk Analysis for Birds (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.12)
http://www.ramas.com/birds.htm
Projects related to the ecology and conservation of bird species, involving data analysis on the dynamics of endangered and threatened species, developing models for extinction risk assessment, and performing population ...
Category: Science\Environment\Biodiversity\Conservation
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The Solving of Fermat's Last Theorem (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.89)
http://math.Stanford.EDU/~rubin/lectures/fermatslides/
Slides for a talk by Karl Rubin on the story of Fermat's Last Theorem for a general audience, including the history of the problem, the story of Andrew Wiles' solution ...
Category: Science\Math\Number Theory\Diophantine Equations
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Most Endangered Animals (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.88)
http://www.most-endangered-animals.com/
Find out how to help animals currently under threat of extinction. An online resource for anyone interested in the endangered animal species of the world. Find out how to help ...
Category: Science\Environment\Biodiversity
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The Philadelphia Experiment by e Telescope (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.64)
http://www.e-telescope.gr/index_en.htm
The story of the Philadelphia Experiment keeps intriguing peoples minds for almost half a century from the first reports on this strange story. Result of a man's creative fantasy or ...
Category: Science\Anomalies and Alternative Science\The Philadelphia Experiment
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Northern Right Whale on Path to Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.61)
http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/18/right.whales.enn/
Report from the Environmental News Network.
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Animalia
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Spaceflight or Extinction (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.54)
http://www.spaext.com/
Manifest page with links to scientists advocating space colonization.
Category: Science\Technology\Space\Colonization
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Primate Conservation Inc (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.48)
http://primate.org/
Learn more about how to protect endangered monkeys, apes, lemurs and lorises from extinction.
Category: Science\Environment\Biodiversity\Conservation
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Dodo (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.41)
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Dodo/dodo.html?dinos
Explains cause of extinction and describes physical characteristics. Includes photo of skeleton and model of this bird.
Category: Science\Biology\Flora and Fauna\Animalia
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