A hybrid of the Turkmen and Iranian wild ass, introduced to Israel in 1968.
Lilith Zecherle
By only focusing on preserving the genetic purity of a species, conservationists risk the extinction of isolated populations.
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As ecologists, we’ve seen first-hand how Australia’s nature laws have permitted environmental degradation and destruction to the point of extinction.
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Humanity is destroying Earth’s ability to support complex life. But coming to grips with the magnitude of the problem is hard, even for experts.
The banjo frog, Limnodynastes dumerilii
Jodi Rowley
Not all frogs ‘ribbit’ — some sound like a motorbike changing gears or a tennis ball being hit. This summer, keep your eyes and ears out for these Aussie frogs.
Men standing with pile of buffalo skulls, Michigan Carbon Works, Rougeville MI, 1892.
(Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library)
Historical photographs of bison extermination are a window into a history of relationships between humans, bison and the environment.
Survivor: the flightless takahē was once thought extinct, before being ‘rediscovered’ in a remote valley in New Zealand.
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Evolution towards flightlessness has been much more common through history than scientists once thought.
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Driven by a desire to eliminate pain, some people have shockingly advocated taking the rest of nature with us.
Workmen dissecting a whale carcass in Antarctica, circa 1935.
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For 200 years, a small number of countries have exploited the marine wildlife of Antarctica, often with devastating impact on their populations.
Fossil remains indicate these birds had a wingspan of over 20 feet.
Brian Choo
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.
White rhinos owe their name to the Afrikaans word ‘wyd’, meaning wide, which refers to the animal’s wide mouth.
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By unlocking the full potential of rhino ovaries, we hope to produce enough eggs to revive the northern white rhino in the wild.
Peter Schouten
Several theories have suggested either humans, climate change or both drove megafauna extinctions in Southeast Asia. Our newest work suggests otherwise.
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The world missed all 20 targets for stemming the tide of biodiversity loss. But there has been some progress over the last decade.
Scientists examining microfossils aim to answer crucial questions to understand past and present climate crises.
Dwayne Cloete
Microfossils offer up an array of information to scientists, like the time periods in which they lived and how environments have changed.
The documentary features Najin and Fatu, the last two northern white rhinos (pictured here with former head caregiver Mohammed Doyo).
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A conservation scientist interviewed on the programme says Sir David tells it like it is.
This Jonkeria, an extinct animal from the Karoo that’s much older than the dinosaurs, was among the features of the old exhibition.
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Museums around the world have been grappling with the issue of diorama removal.
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The “Tasmanian tiger” was hunted to extinction based on its perceived size as a predator big enough to take sheep. But it seems this was just a tall tale, and the thylacine weighed just 16.7kg.
Red-finned blue-eye
Bush Heritage Australia / Adam Kerezsy
Twenty of these freshwater fish species have a 50% or greater probability of extinction within the next 20 years.
The Texas frosted elfin (Callophrys irus hadros ), a small butterfly subspecies found only in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, has lost most of its prairie habitat and is thought to have dramatically declined over the last century.
Matthew D. Moran
Recent reports of dramatic declines in insect populations have sparked concern about an ‘insect apocalypse.’ But a new analysis of data from sites across North America suggests the case isn’t proven.
Some species can do well in the face of extreme hardship.
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When the dinosaurs went extinct, some species took over the world. Adaptability, not survivability, explains why.
What South Africa’s West Coast might have looked like 5 million years ago. In the foreground, a giant wolverine feeds on a pig while chasing away a primitive hyena.
Maggie Newman, Geological Society of South Africa and the University of the Witwatersrand
The teeth and limb bones we studied help to understand the role and lifestyle of these species in extinct ecosystems.