Sentence examples for was driven to extinction from inspiring English sources

The sea eagle, also known as the white-tailed eagle, was driven to extinction in Britain earlier this century.

In contrast, the researchers say the melomys was driven to extinction due "solely (or primarily) to anthropogenic climate change".

Bison bonasus was driven to extinction in the wild across Europe in 1927 after decades of decline from hunting and habitat loss.

And there is a surprisingly large body of fiction about the Neanderthals, of all creatures — the human-like species that was driven to extinction 30,000 years ago, probably by our more warlike ancestors.

The authors said the IUCN lists one other mammal that was driven to extinction, partly by extreme weather – the Little Swan Island hutia – but introduced cats on the island were considered the main driver of extinction.

Scientists report that they have reconstructed the genome of Neanderthals, a human species that was driven to extinction some 30,000 years ago, probably by the first modern humans to enter Europe.

Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.

Twenty to 50 percent of the planet's species would be driven to extinction.

Within any local area, one species may generally be driven to extinction by the other.

When that happened, though, most ferns could not stand the competition and were driven to extinction.

Great bustards were driven to extinction in England in the early 19th century and are now being slowly reintroduced.