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The end of the Ordovician, in contrast, was kicked off by the Earth’s thermostat firmly flipping to “cold” – and much like ...

A fossil from British Columbia, originally discovered in the 80s, has finally been identified as a new species named ...

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For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

“The question now becomes: Is their extinction related to climatic and environmental change, or did humans and potentially other wolves and dogs and [diseases] coming in assist in pushing them out?

Two musicians are set to perform at a concert raising funds for Cardigan Extinction Rebellion. On Saturday, May 31, at 7pm, Rosalind Powell and Matthew Douglas, known as 'Drift,' will take the stage ...

Beth Shapiro, UCSC associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is a featured speaker at the Science and Justice Working Group symposium on de-extinction.

In February, Ratcliffe penned an open letter to European politicians warning the region’s chemicals industry was facing “extinction” owing to carbon tax bills he said dwarfed those in the U ...

But beyond the research questions, there are other issues we must consider - in particular, the lack of Indigenous voices in discussions about de-extinction. It is undeniable that biotechnology ...

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