Human hunting, not climate change, played a decisive role in the extinction of large mammals over the last 50,000 years. This conclusion comes from researchers who reviewed over 300 scientific ...

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WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. The Dodo, finely adapted to its ...

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They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found. By Catrin Einhorn Reporting from the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, ...

Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long ...

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The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in partnership with Canterbury Museum, the Ngāi Tahu Research Center and ...

In a move that blurs the line between science fiction and reality, Colossal Biosciences, the pioneering de-extinction company backed by countless celebs, has secured $200 million in Series C funding.

Colossal Biosciences – the company behind an ambitious, Jurassic Park-style effort to revive extinct bird and mammal species such as the thylacine, dodo and woolly mammoth – said it had raised another ...

Could you run for 100 hours this year? How about just doing a little more than 15 minutes each day? In fact, these goals are essentially equivalent, but one certainly sounds more ambitious than the ...