...sites across the state, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The pelicans were driven to near extinction in the early 20th century from human pressures. There were no reports of nesting pelicans in Minnesota for 90 years, from...

Opens Friday, Nov 1, 2013 Synopsis: A brilliant young strategist rises to the top of his class in Battle School while training to defend Earth against hostile aliens intent on exterminating the entire human race in this sci-fi epic based on the celebrated novel by Orson Scott Card. In the not-too-distant future, our planet has come under attack from a hostile race of aliens known as the Formics. Incredibly, fearless International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) sent them fleeing back into the stars, becoming a living legend in the process. But decorated Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) knows that the Formics will soon return even stronger than they were before, and he's determined to find a new hero who can meet them head on. Enter Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a modest young man with vast untapped potential. Upon being recruited into Battle School, Ender partakes in a grueling series of simulations, effortlessly mastering ever challenge presented to him. Celebrated by his peers and respected by his superiors, Ender is quickly promoted to Command School, where the one and only Mazer Rackham provides him with the knowledge and tools needed to save mankind from certain extinction. As the final battle approaches, Ender prepares to embrace his destiny as one of the greatest heroes in the history of planet Earth. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Brendan Meyer Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

...history's most devastating extinction. A new study suggests it...of the Permian-Triassic extinction. In what has been called...This was the mother of all extinctions," said Luann Becker, a...author of the study. The extinction occurred within 8,000 to...

Once pushed to the brink of extinction, the American bald eagle has become a poster child for the value of endangered species laws, and now a pair of the iconic birds...

...catastrophic events ending life on Earth as we know it. Mass extinctions are occurring around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of...species including the walrus and polar bear face certain extinction. While we can adapt, hopefully survive, and end fossil...

...science and no fiction. It isn't large enough to cause an extinction event, but it is large enough to level a city of millions...dim the sunlight for months, maybe a year. Chances of an extinction-level event? One in a million in the 21st century. Chance...

...though that there would be a season next year to hunt moose. Apparently the way they manage the herd is to hunt it to near extinction and then worry about how to save them.The moose herd has been decimated by disease and hunting them only adds to their troubles...

...populations, and paves the way for the same state-sponsored eradication policies that pushed this species to the brink of extinction in the first place." U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswomen did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment...

...though that there would be a season next year to hunt moose. Apparently the way they manage the herd is to hunt it to near extinction and then worry about how to save them.The moose herd has been decimated by disease and hunting them only adds to their troubles...

...catastrophic events ending life on Earth as we know it. Mass extinctions are occurring around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of...species, including the walrus and polar bear face certain extinction. While we can adapt, hopefully survive, and end fossil...