Scientists discover animal species not sighted for 185 years and thought to be extinct: “we can finally confirm it”
There is much concern about the accelerated pace of extinctions globally, so when a species is rediscovered, it gives hope to ...
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What we lose when animals go extinct
Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times ... Toughie died in 2016, and it’s likely the Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog is now extinct. Romeo, a Sehuencas water frog that lives at the ...
More Mysterious Than the Dodo: This Unremarkable-Looking Bird Is Evolution’s Greatest Puzzle
The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...
The fish collectors hoping to save rare species from extinction
A community of rare fish enthusiasts collects endangered species of freshwater fish from lakes and springs around the world, ...
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Unknown Lifeform Made Desert Structures Over A Million Years Ago, Should We Bring Extinct Species Back From The Dead? And Much More This Week
This week, scientists now know how Maria Branyas Morera lived to be 117 years old, further observations have found that a set ...
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Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought
Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. Yet back then, any one of these creatures ...
What the Dodo Tells Us, 300 Years After Its Extinction
What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...
Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct—but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 ...
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Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls
A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the ...
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Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant's tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
even for animals now extinct, such as mastodons and mammoths. Outlined in recently published findings, the technique analyzes isotope ratios of the element strontium (Sr), which accumulates in ...
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Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
even for animals now extinct, such as mastodons and mammoths. Outlined in recently published findings, the technique analyzes isotope ratios of the element strontium (Sr), which accumulates in ...