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Scientists Just Identified A New Species Of Giant Tortoise That Went Extinct 600 Years Ago
The islands and atolls of the western Indian Ocean once teemed with giant tortoises that weighed as much as 600 pounds and ...
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140,000 year old bones of our ancient ancestors found on sea floor, revealing secrets of extinct human species
Researchers have recovered Homo erectus bones from the seafloor, which points to an unknown hominin population hunting on ...
Human Teeth Evolved From Body Armor of Extinct Species
A new study published in 'Nature' has determined that human teeth evolved from the same "genetic toolkit" as an extinct ...
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Colossal's de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards with shoddy foundations — and the consequences are dire | Opinion
"Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction ...
Archaeologists Find 140,000-Year-Old Bones Belonging to Ancient Humans
Archaeologists have recovered 140,000-year-old Homo erectus bones from an extinct human species on the ocean floor in ...
The Endangered Species Act faces its own existential threat
A proposed change in the interpretation of "harm" would degrade the power of the law that protects plants and animals from ...
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.
Genome of near-extinct northern white rhino offers hope for reviving the species
The northern white rhinoceros is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with just two females left and no natural way for the ...
National Endangered Species Day 2025: Know the date, origin, significance and more
It is observed annually on the third Friday of May worldwide; this year, it's being marked on Friday, May 16, 2025.