News Feature Published: 20 July 2000 Bones, molecules…or both? Trisha Gura Nature 406, 230–233 (2000) Cite this article ...

The lab-created animals would not be the exact species that went extinct, but hybrids of those species with their DNA filled in by living relatives. The most well-known de-extinction project is an ...

But is silphion truly extinct? Thanks to a lucky encounter almost 40 years ago, and decades of subsequent research, a professor at Istanbul University suspects he has re-discovered the last ...

This now-extinct animal stood about 2.5 feet tall at the shoulder and had notable long, curved horns. Sadly, the bluebuck disappeared around the year 1800, mainly because of overhunting and having ...

Posted: Jun 4, 2025 / 09:50 AM EDT Updated: Jun 4, 2025 / 12:03 PM EDT (WJW) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fears if action isn’t taken, the rare ghost orchid could soon be extinct.

And Zygomaturus trilobus, a wombat the size of a hippo. They’re all extinct now, and researchers are trying to figure out why. Host Flora Lichtman talks with researcher Carli Peters about ZooMS, a ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Will we be the last generation to see fireflies dancing through our night skies? Well, we were curious about just that and decided to ask an expert their opinion. Summer ...

More than 4,000 tree species are found only in Mexico and Central America, or Mesoamerica. Research published in Plants, People, Planet reveals that nearly half of these tree species are ...

More information: Zhutong Zhang et al, Tempo of the Late Ordovician mass extinction controlled by the rate of climate change, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv6788 ...

A study published in 2023 suggests that nearly 1 million years ago, humanity almost ceased to exist. This potential mass extinction event was discovered by researchers when they began analyzing ...

Are fireflies going extinct? What to know about seeing the glowing insects in Iowa. Kate Kealey Des Moines Register 0:00 ...