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It’s hard work saving birds from extinction, but we have the evidence of successful interventions to show we can avoid further losses.
There are hundreds of lost tetrapod species across the globe and their number are increasing decade-on-decade. This study aims to find out why some are rediscovered, while others are not.
What happened to the three-metre tall apes that once lived alongside orangutans? A new study suggests they were too slow to adapt to a changing world.
The trace was probably made between 93,000 and 83,000 years ago, almost certainly by a puff adder.
Through regulation, enforcement and monitoring, fisheries management can lead to recoveries in shark and ray populations.
Zoos have the potential to do more for growing conservation science and practice.
Two conservation scholars break down what de-extinction looks like – and the debate over whether it could do any good.
Surviving solely in zoos and botanic gardens are 33 animal and 39 plant species.
A puzzle over the identity of an extinct bird that laid eggs across Australia has been solved.
A closer look at these fossil bones revealed more than the suggestion of a previously undescribed species - it pointed to the individual animal having suffered with osteoarthritis.
A small congregation of the cockroaches was under the first rock scientists looked under, by sheer accident.
All the evidence points to one thing: humans and woolly mammoths certainly lived side by side. But did humans hunt mammoths too?
Species are declared extinct when there have been no verifiable sightings for 50 years. Declaring a species extinct has implications for conservation efforts and policies.
The fossil of a gigantic ichthyosaur was recently discovered in the UK. It wasn’t the only creature lurking in the Jurassic oceans.
While the prospect of reviving extinct species has long been discussed, advances in genome editing have now brought such dreams close to reality.
Species distribution data – or a lack thereof – can have a major bearing on how a country’s Key Biodiversity Areas and protected areas are designated.
Australotitan was a massive long-necked sauropod estimated to weigh the equivalent of 1,400 red kangaroos.
The Tasmanian tiger’s superficial appearance was so similar to a wolf’s that European colonisers assumed it was a threat and hunted it to extinction.
A new study shows Palorchestes had unique elbows unlike any other mammal, which may have contributed to its extinction.
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