Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...
In a perfect world, we'd still be co-existing with the dodo, woolly mammoth, and quagga, but sadly, these are among the 900+ extinct animal species. Climate change, pollution, and human predation are ...
There are around 40 species of dolphins alive today. They are found all over the world and live in both freshwater and marine ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of ...
A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals that are currently endangered. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
Kenny Travouillon works for the Western Australian Museum. He received funding from the Australian Biological Resource Study. Milo Barham has received funding from the Minerals Research Institute of ...