Before today, about one to five species a year would become extinct due to natural causes. Scientists estimate we're now lowering species at 1,000 to 10,000 times the normal rate, Harvard Medical ...

Apr. 22, 2025 — A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its wild relatives, revealed the evolutionary relationships ...

It is believed to have gone extinct in the early 20th century. The scientists analyzed DNA extracted from the remains of a giant wolf and a Japanese wolf, both found in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture.

A commercial fisherman nabbed a large male Chinese mitten crab in the lower Columbia River late last month, putting biologists on high alert The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild ...

While the oceans are now safe from the Megatooth, which went extinct an estimated 3.5 million years ago, Otodus megalodon has been revealed by new research to have occupied a higher position on the ...

His books include Birding Without Borders, about his 2015 world record of finding 6,042 species of birds in one calendar year.

New Species Revealed After 25 Years of Study on 'Inside Out' Fossil -- And Named After Discoverer's Mum Mar. 26, 2025 — A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides ...