She wrote: "It's only decent to warn you that you will be bored to extinction.
The dimness of the light her candle emitted made her turn to it with alarm; but there was no danger of its sudden extinction; it had yet some hours to burn; and that she might not have any greater difficulty in distinguishing the writing than what its ancient date might occasion, she hastily snuffed it.
The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy is a bleak, beautifully written, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set after an unspecified extinction event has wiped out most of humanity.
He paid a panegyric on the British philosopher Herbert Spencer's vulgarization of evolutionism conformed better to the actual demand of saving the nation from extinction and self-strengthening.
Some species, like koalas, aren't in any immediate danger of extinction because they are spread out across the country, said the university ecologists.
One million of the planet's eight million species are threatened with extinction by humans, scientists warned Monday in what is described as the most comprehensive assessment of global nature loss ever.
he National Film Registry is turning 30 and will bring in a new crop of films ranging from dinosaurs' return from extinction, a cowboys-in-love drama and stories showcasing Native Americans.
The species is on the brink of extinction in the wild because of pollution, overfishing -- for their meat and roe, sold as caviar -- and environmental changes like the vast hydroelectric dams which span the Yangtze, blocking access to their spawning sites.
Hopefully the trailers — and the movie itself, when it eventually comes out — represent a solid rebound and provide us with an action blockbuster that saves its franchise from extinction.
While most men can still father a child, scientists say the human race faces extinction if the trend continues.
It's a scene that paints a bleak future of possible extinction for the higher learning institute.
Suzanne O'Farrell, curriculum and assessment specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: "We're seeing German just moving into extinction really.
Sadly, this amazing flower is on the verge of extinction and is now a protected species.
The last male northern white rhinoceros has died, leaving only two females with which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction.
《3:》(War for the Planet of the Apes) Never has human extinction seemed so richly merited, and rarely has digital ingenuity been put to such sublime use.
The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned.
The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned.
In exposure treatment, repetitive exposure to a phobia in a nonthreatening way is designed to help patients confront their fears and gradually weaken the fear response, a process known as extinction.
" Their discoveries also give evidence to the general thought that a comet or asteroid impact caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs.
China's ban on ivory trading and processing has been hailed as a monumental step on the path to saving elephants from extinction.
