Two conservation scholars break down what de-extinction looks like – and the debate over whether it could do any good.
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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.
Our research shows dire wolves lived in the tropics not the Arctic, and were not especially close relatives of the grey wolf.
This newly discovered ancient monk seal is challenging previous theories about how and where monachine seals evolved. It’s the biggest breakthrough in seal evolution research in about 70 years.
You can gauge a dinosaur’s body mass either by reconstructing it as accurately as possible, or by scaling its leg bones against those of today’s animals. Research shows both methods work well together.
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Research Fellow in Biomedical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
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Professor of Environmental Ethics and Conservation, Arizona State University
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Senior Curator of Geosciences, Queensland Museum, and Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Curator Vertebrates, Te Papa Tongarewa
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Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria
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Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University
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Professor, Biodiversity, Phylogeny & Evolution, Simon Fraser University
