http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged extinction en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:36 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/japan-faces-extinction-in-1000-years/ Japanese researchers have unveiled a population clock that showed the nation's people could theoretically become extinct in 1000 years because of declining birth rates. Academics in the northern city of Sendai said that Japan's population of children aged up to 14, which now stands at 16.6 million, is shrinking at the rate of one every 100 seconds. Their extrapolations pointed to a Japan with no children left within a millennium. "If the rate of decline... ]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 05:59:16 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/japan-faces-extinction-in-1000-years/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/sex-addicted-apes-on-brink-of-extinction-in-central-africa/ The Bonobo ape. Picture: File Our closest genetic relative, the bonobo ape, is on the brink of extinction in central Africa, even though the animals are constantly having sex. Bonobo apes live in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and often have sex every few minutes. But because they have quite low fertility, are hunted for their meat and their babies are stolen as pets, their numbers are now perilously low. The bonobos - which alo... ]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:37:27 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/sex-addicted-apes-on-brink-of-extinction-in-central-africa/