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Scientists want to send our endangered species to the Moon to “save” them
Scientists are considering using the moon's craters for cryopreserving endangered species' cells to…
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Human-caused fires may have contributed to the extinction of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and other animals 13,000 years ago
Researchers say fires, possibly set by humans, led to the disappearance of dire wolves, sabertooth …
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists thought this tiny, blind mole was extinct for over 85 years, but they were wrong
De Winton's golden mole was thought to be extinct for over 80 years. A new study used DNA analysis …
Maiya Focht
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Not an asteroid but massive volcanic eruptions in India might have set off mass extinction 66 million years ago
"For the first time, we can provide insights into the distinct climatic and environmental …
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Researchers rediscovered a spiky, beaked echidna named after Sir David Attenborough that hasn't been seen for 60 years and was thought to be extinct
The adorable long-beaked echidna is a rare type of egg-laying mammal that had eluded scientists for…
Sonam Sheth,Maiya Focht
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Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution
Mummified birds brought back from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt led to a debate about transformism, …
Jenny McGrath
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Exotic turtles have been poached to near-extinction in Asia, but in Hong Kong, these species thrive
Three species of turtles poached for sale in Asia are finding refuge in Hong Kong. But poachers cou…
Hannah Getahun
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A company with a controversial strategy to bring animals back from extinction has hired influencers including a 'Bachelor' contestant — to promote it online
Influencers are posting about the firm's Tasmanian tiger 'de-extinction' plan using the hashtag #co…
Mara Leighton
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Shark tooth enamel suggests prehistoric great whites may have competed with giant megalodons for food
Ancient megalodon sharks were four times the size of great whites, but they went extinct, while the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists estimate 9,000 tree species are still unknown to them
Mysterious trees unknown to science have probably remained a secret because they're so rare. Their …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists uncover hidden ancient drawings of animals in a Paleolithic cave using a technique to make them look 3D
Using a simplistic 3-D viewing technique, archaeologists discovered three new cave drawings that th…
Marianne Guenot,Grace Eliza G…
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Watch a worker at Maui's bird conservation center and her neighbor hold off wildfire to save critically endangered animals
The Maui Bird Conservation Center houses some of the rarest birds in the world. It was in the path …
Gabbi Shaw
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Archaeologists are stunned by the discovery of 25 'incredibly significant' prehistoric pits dug in straight lines containing ancient animal bones
Archaeologists found a series of 25 pits arranged in straight lines in Bedfordshire, England, from …
Jenny McGrath
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The dinosaurs may have already been going extinct before the cataclysmic space rock hit Earth, new findings suggest
Did dinosaurs go extinct after a space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago, or were they already de…
Aylin Woodward
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Sharks once nearly disappeared in an abrupt extinction event 'twice as extreme' as the one that killed the dinosaurs
By studying ancient shark scales collected 3 miles under the Pacific waves, experts found that the …
Aylin Woodward
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Marjorie Taylor Greene groundlessly claims straight people face extinction within 150 years because of LGBTQ+ education
Greene made the questionable claim in a long video uploaded on May 29. The overwhelming majroity of…
Mia Jankowicz
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A thriving colony of 300-year-old Arctic sea sponges survives by eating the fossils of extinct worms
Scientists are discovering alien-like worlds in the uncharted oceans of the Arctic and Antarctica. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Hundreds of ancient mammoth skeletons were found buried under the site of a future airport in Mexico
Archaeologists in Mexico dug up 200 mammoth skeletons at the site of a planned airport. The finding…
Susie Neilson
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Scientists claim they've found a perfectly preserved dinosaur fossil killed when the mass extinction asteroid hit the earth 66 million years ago
Dinosaur fossils found at Tanis in North Dakota are believed to date back to the mass extinction ev…