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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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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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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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Australia's government listed 113 native animal species that need 'emergency intervention' in order to survive after its devastating bushfires
The government listing said: "The fires have covered an unusually large area and, in many places, t…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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So many animals will go extinct in the next 50 years that it will take Earth at least 3 million years to recover, a study has found
Their estimates are based on an optimistic assumption that people will eventually stop ruining habi…
Peter Kotecki
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Researchers are debating whether to privatize endangered species
The underlying philosophy behind these policies is the concept of tragedy of the commons. The logic…
Dana Varinsky
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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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A tiny dinosaur relative named the "Antarctic King" has been discovered at the South Pole
He's referring to what's known as the end-Permian mass extinction event, or the "Great Dying," whic…
Aylin Woodward
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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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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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The Tasmanian tiger is thought to have gone extinct in 1936, but mysterious sightings suggest the creature might still be out there
Last month, Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment released a do…
Aylin Woodward
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The giant ancestors of today's sloths stood 10 feet tall and ate meat, a new study found
By studying hair from giant prehistoric sloths called mylodons, experts have discovered the animals…
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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Video Of A Man Hugging A Wild Lion Will Bring You To Tears
A large study published in the journal Science this week found that three-quarters of the world's t…
Dina Spector
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People Are Outraged On Facebook Thinking Steven Spielberg Actually Killed A Dinosaur
There was Texas cheerleader Kendall Jones who had her hunting photos taken down by Facebook, 17-yea…
Frank Pallotta
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One of the greatest extinction mysteries in history is still unsolved
Shapiro writes that it's hard to pin the mammoth's end on warmth alone. While mammoths were the mos…
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India reintroduced 8 cheetahs after the big cats were wiped out 70 years ago — but some scientists say it's more of a PR stunt than a conservation effort
Cheetahs have been reintroduced to India, but some scientists say the cheetahs won't have enough sp…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Scientists just discovered these 10 bizarre and beautiful animal species that show what it takes to survive on Earth against the odds
"So many of these species - if we don't find them, name them and describe them now - will be lost f…