Re-creating an extinct flower’s fragrance. One installation, called Resurrecting the Sublime. attempts to revive the smell of a flower called the Orbexilum stipulatum, or Falls-of-the-Ohio ...

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Nevertheless, "the human race is unlikely to become extinct without a combination of difficult, severe and catastrophic events," Lopes and his team concluded, adding that they "were very surprised ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Another Extinct Race that Never Existed ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 42 No. 2 (January 1880), p. 22 doi:10.1038 ...

Glimmer of hope in race to save nearly extinct northern white rhino. A new study may hold the key to saving the northern white rhino's rapid descent into extinction.

In October, an extinct colony of little penguins was reestablished after 30 years when a chick hatched for the first time since 1993. A breeding pair finally returned to the Eagles Claw Nature ...

Nearly two dozen endangered species are now classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the latest conservation “wake-up call.”. The agency announced that 21 species will be ...

In the wild, they have been feared extinct since 2008, according to the IUCN. The last known male northern white rhinoceros, a 45-year-old male named Sudan, died at Ol Pejeta , a conservancy ...