Scientists Want To Bring A Bird Back From Extinction
Animals This might complicate our “which came first” question An organization dedicated to the “genetic rescue for endangered and extinct species” thinks it can bring the great auk back from the dead.
View ArticleGiant pandas are no longer endangered—but we're not in the clear
Animals They might one day be forced to choose between being hot and being hungry. The giant panda was downgraded from "endangered" to “vulnerable” status in 2016, but climate change is still driving...
View ArticleThe search for the extinct Tasmanian tiger
Animals Or: What to do if you encounter an extinct animal. Dear viewers: The extinct Tasmanian tiger of Australia is still extinct, yet, there’ve been a string of “plausible” sightings of the long...
View ArticleOne Australian island has a bold plan to annihilate all its rats
Animals Native species could resurge once the rodents are gone. Next winter—that’s around June in Australia—they'll send helicopters to drop cereal filled with the poison Brodifacoum.
View ArticleContagious cancer is killing off Tasmanian devils, but there might finally be...
Animals This could save the species from extinction. Tasmanian devils are one of the very few unlucky creatures on this planet to carry a transmissible cancer. Nearly 95 percent of affected...
View Article"Survival of the laziest" may help some species avoid extinction
Science Scientists are still working out why some species are more likely to die out than others. Estimates suggest 99.99 percent of all species that have ever lived are now extinct. All species that...
View ArticleScientists thought they lost the world's largest bee, but it was hiding in...
Animals This time, they GIFed it. The bee species Megachile pluto was first described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, thought extinct for 120 years, rediscovered and now, finally, turned GIFed.
View ArticleA warming climate spelled doom for giant ice-age beavers
Science The now-extinct giant beaver once lived from Florida to Alaska. Now extinct, the giant beaver was once a highly successful species. Scientists have found its fossil remains at sites from...
View ArticleIsland trees can't run from climate change
Nexus Media News “If these species are left to fend for themselves, climate change will eventually drive them extinct.” On an island every member of a particular tree species might be suited to cool...
View ArticleThe iconic Joshua Tree is in trouble
Nexus Media News Trees that have survived for millennia could perish by century’s end. For many Joshua trees, this century could be their last. They’ve managed to tolerate the assaults of prehistoric...
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