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mastodons

Mammoths and Mastodons: All American Monsters

A mammoth discovery in 1705 sparked a fossil craze and gave the young United States a symbol of national might
April 2010 | By Richard Conniff

Neanderthal burial scene

The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave

A rare cache of hominid fossils from the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq offers a window on Neanderthal culture
March 2010 | By Owen Edwards

The End Is Near Apocalypse

Ten Notable Apocalypses That (Obviously) Didn’t Happen

Apocalyptic predictions, such as those warning of global destruction in 2012, are nothing new – they have been around for millennia
November 12, 2009 | By Mark Strauss

Red knots in Delaware Bay

Return of the Sandpiper

Thanks to the Delaware Bay's horseshoe crabs, the tide may be turning for an imperiled shorebird
October 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Location of northern polar dinosaur discoveries

Dinosaur Tracking: How Did the Siberian Dinosaurs Die?

New research from a Russian site suggests that some dinosaurs were able to thrive in very cold temperatures
January 09, 2009 | By Maura McCarthy

Aleutian cackling goose

Wild Goose Chase

How one man's obsession saved an "extinct" species
January 02, 2009 | By Rob R. Dunn

wolly mammoth

When Will There Be Herds of Mammoths?

With news that the woolly mammoth genome has been sequenced, our science blogger asks about resuscitating the extinct species
November 20, 2008 | By Smithsonian Magazine

Pallid sturgeons, which can reach six feet long and live 60 years, flourished for eons in murky American waters.

Curtains for the Pallid Sturgeon

Can biologists breed the "Dinosaurs of the Missouri" fast enough to stave off their extinction?
March 2007 | By Sam Hooper Samuels

Large vultures on the Indian subcontinent—once numbering in the tens of millions—have suddenly become endangered.

The Vanishing

Little noticed by the outside world, perhaps the most dramatic decline of a wild animal in history has been taking place in India and Pakistan. Large vultures, vitally necessary and once numbering in the tens of millions, now face extinction. But why?
February 2007 | By Susan McGrath

Return of the Jaguar?

Novel camera traps have documented the elusive cat in Arizona, suggesting it may not be gone from the United States after all
December 2005 | By Will Rizzo

Ghost of a Chance

How did the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was feared extinct, hang on all these years?
August 2005 | By Scott Weidensaul

Seeing a Ghost

A woodpecker feared extinct reappears in Arkansas
June 2005 | By Laura Helmuth

Palm Plight

Assaulted by myriad threats to their survival, palm species around the world face the likelihood of extinction
August 2002 | By Mike Grudowski


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