How survivors spanned the globe after Earth's biggest mass extinction
Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...
Q&A: Researcher discusses elevated risk of extinction for over 22% of native North American pollinators
A new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of ...
Here’s why a politician held up a ‘rotten, stinking, extinction salmon’ in parliament
Young, a senator for Australia’s Greens Party, held up a fish in parliament in protest of new legislation that would support ...
How do you save a language from extinction? With creative thinking—and some help from Wikipedia
In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...
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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Non-flying birds relocated from Argentina to Chile where they neared extinction
Conservationist groups from Chile and Argentina have undertaken a project to transfer 15 Patagonian rheas (also known as ...
The Dilemma of De-extinction: Woolly Mammoths and Conservation Efforts
Each mouse underwent modifications to exhibit features reminiscent of woolly mammoths, such as an abundance of fluffy fur and an altered fat metabolism, potentially allowing them to adapt better to ...
Longline to extinction: The Kiwi scientists raising the red flag for subantarctic albatrosses
Extraordinary NZers Kath Walker and Graeme Elliott and their conservation work.
Colorful tropical plants threatened with extinction, study finds
The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...
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De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step toward woolly mammoths
The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers.
The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...
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The 'Great Dying' — the worst mass extinction in our planet’s history — didn’t reach this isolated spot in China
The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago may not have been quite so disastrous for plants, ...