mega-fauna

The hunting down of the mega-fauna was followed by the advent of agriculture and the domestication of selected animals.

‘Capt.’ Paul Watson, COME ON DOWN! You’re the Grand Prize Winner in Bob Barker’s Animal Jihad! - Vladimir’s blog - RedState 2010

In the coming months, you can expect to hear about charismatic mega-fauna -- whales, tigers, gorillas, pandas, etc. -- as well as the diversity of species found in the oceans and tropical forests.

Of Pandas and Peas: Saving the Diversity Within Species Cary Fowler 2010

Supporters of this approach argue that "charismatic mega-fauna" attract much-needed funds for other species too.

Meerkats, chimps and pandas: the cute and the furry attract scientists' attention and conservation funding 2010

In the coming months, you can expect to hear about charismatic mega-fauna -- whales, tigers, gorillas, pandas, etc. -- as well as the diversity of species found in the oceans and tropical forests.

Cary Fowler: Of Pandas and Peas: Saving the Diversity Within Species 2010

In the real world, the mega-fauna of the last Ice Age have all gone, along with the various species of humans that existed alongside Homo sapiens until about 30,000 years ago, and we may well be in the middle of a mass extinction event.

Archive 2009-03-01 Carla 2009

In the real world, the mega-fauna of the last Ice Age have all gone, along with the various species of humans that existed alongside Homo sapiens until about 30,000 years ago, and we may well be in the middle of a mass extinction event.

The Science of Middle Earth, by Henry Gee. Book review Carla 2009

The place is called Ulakhan Suullur and is a famous cemetery for mammoths and other Pleistocene mega-fauna, including woolly rhinos, musk oxen, and cave lions.

The Arctic Oil Rush Shoumatoff, Alex 2008

And of course the extinction of North American mega-fauna and the resulting climate change — end of the Ice Age — were all due to human activity supported by their deadly technology, the Clovis Point.

"But They are Very, Very Wrong" « Climate Audit 2006

So too were the sabertooth cats, giant sloths and other mega-fauna.

NYT > Home Page By LISA BELKIN 2011

The exploitation of the Mara has already been felt by the spectacular mega-fauna.

EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed Independent UK 2010