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These 15 ocean species have already gone extinct. A dozen others will probably disappear in our lifetime.
Although the oceans absorb 93% of the excess heat trapped on Earth due to greenhouse gases, far few…
Aylin Woodward
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These are the 25 animals that scientists want to bring back from extinction
Scientists must be able to show that the species is desirable, such as having an important ecologic…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Billion-dollar startup plans to bring the dodo back from the dead, and claims it can also revive the woolly mammoth
Colossal Biosciences aims to use gene editing to recreate extinct animals, which it says is importa…
Marianne Guenot
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UN report warns of climate-related mass extinctions, including the disappearance of penguins and polar bears
Half of our plant and animal species could be threatened if global temperatures rise 4 degrees Cels…
Aria Bendix
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These Are The 24 Animals Scientists Want To Bring Back From Extinction
They chose the animals using the following criteria: Are the species desirable - do they hold an im…
Jennifer Welsh
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Disturbing maps show how mankind has driven some of the world's largest animals into extinction
But these animals weren't adapted to dealing with anything as cunning as a human hunter, he said. I…
Tanya Lewis
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Scientists say we're witnessing the planet's sixth mass extinction - and 'biological annihilation' is the latest sign
"The Earth has experienced five mass extinctions before the one we are living through now, each so …
Kevin Loria
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Peter Thiel gave $100,000 to the scientists trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth went extinct 10,000 years ago, and in reality, the scientists wouldn't actually …
Erin Brodwin
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12 signs we're in the middle of a 6th mass extinction
Although it may not be obvious, another devastating mass extinction event is taking place today - t…
Aylin Woodward
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Futurist: Here's The Plan To Bring The Passenger Pigeon Back From The Dead
At the paleogenomics lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for example, lab leader Beth …
Dina Spector
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8 aquatic animals that might be extinct in 100 years
Climate change is already impacting a variety of ecosystems and environments around the world, putt…
Christina Lynn Snyder
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10 Animals That Were Hunted To Extinction
Although a long-held theory suggested that an unknown disease was partly to blame for the the anima…
Dina Spector
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Climate change claims its first casualty in world's largest coral reef system
Scientists have long asserted that coral reefs are the most vulnerable ecosystems to climate change…
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Say Goodbye To The Iberian Lynx
Researchers content that current recovery plans — captive breeding programs that facilitate the rei…
Dina Spector
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How Biologists Track The Most Endangered Amphibian In North America
This is one of many ways the forest service is trying to save the Wyoming toad. Prescribed burning …
Dina Spector
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Scientists have discovered that Earth's worst mass extinction was caused by climate change. It was called the 'Great Dying.'
Scientists have offered several hypotheses for the cause of this event, which marked the end of the…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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Frogs are dying off at record rates - an ominous sign the 6th mass extinction is hitting one group of creatures hardest
According to a recent study in the journal Science, chytridiomycosis has wreaked havoc on frog, toa…
Aylin Woodward
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Most Of The Earth's Species Are About To Be Destroyed In A Giant Mass Extinction
To avoid the sixth mass extinction we will probably have to employ more aggressive conservation, su…
Lauren F Friedman
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In a 'lost city' in the Honduran rainforest, researchers have discovered 3 animals thought to be extinct
The ancient place remained untouched for more than half a millennium after ancestors of the indigen…