Endangered Bornean Elephants pass through a palm oil plantation (their old habitat)
Many vulnerable species’ habitats affected by human activity

One-fourth of the world’s threatened vertebrate species are affected by human activity in most of their habitat and could die out as a result, according to findings published in PLOS Biology. Researchers studied the habitats of more than 5,000 vulnerable birds, mammals and amphibians, measuring the effect human activity had on each one.

New Scientist (free content) (3/12)

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