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An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive.
When daily newspapers and mainline Protestant denominations and Elks Lodges fade into irrelevance, when sit-down restaurants ...
Prehistoric ant preserved in amber reveals Caribbean's vanished species
A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...
Rare Animal's Entire Population Shrinks to 38 After California Earthquake Decimates Species
The world's only population of wild Devils Hole pupfish shrank to 38 members after two earthquakes greatly affected the ...
The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it.
These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...
Could humanity be extinct within 10,000 years? A new book is the wake up call our species needs
In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...
Extinct Giant Amphibians Found in Perfect Death Pose After Mysterious Mass Die-Off 230 Million Years Ago
An in-depth assessment reveals that dozens of giant amphibians died on an ancient floodplain. Around 230 million years ago, ...
If we must bring back extinct species, let’s focus on the giant herbivores
Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.