It has been calculated that between 0.01 and 0.1% of all species will become extinct yearly. Based on this estimation, between 200 and 2,000 extinctions occur every year. Splendid Poison frog (Oophaga ...

De-extinction is the science behind bringing extinct species back to life. This is essentially done through cloning and genetic engineering of a DNA sample. Shortly, if scientists have an intact DNA ...

13, 2025 — Ecologists have made valuable discoveries that could transform the conservation of two iconic cockatoo species ... Less Lethal in Dinosaur Extinction Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous ...

Under relentless pressure from habitat destruction, invasive species and climate change, species are going extinct at up to 1,000 times the natural rate. The diversity of life that sustains ecological ...

per the paper Eli Wizevich A lawsuit to protect the snail darter from the Tellico Dam in Tennessee offered the first real test of the 1973 Endangered Species Act. But a new study disputes the fish ...

Bad Bunny’s latest album amplifies the voices of Puerto Rico’s coquí and endangered crested toad, highlighting the urgent ...

Animals that came back from the brink of extinction ©Shutterstock Each year, animals and plants are being lost to extinction. In fact, more than 160 species disappeared in the past decade alone.

The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a tangible prospect. The organizations ...

But a new study hints that maybe we aren’t so special. A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert ...

The sixth extinction, also known as the Anthropocene extinction, refers to the ongoing, unprecedented loss of species. Unlike previous mass extinction events in Earth’s history, which were driven by ...