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Journey to the Center of Earth
What Happened in the Seconds, Hours, Weeks After the Dino-Killing Asteroid Hit Earth?
The Cretaceous forecast: Tsunamis, a deadly heat pulse, and massive cooling.
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How Climate Change Will Transform the National Parks’ Iconic Animals and Plants
Dramatic changes may force park managers to choose which species will live, and which will die
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Solving a Mystery of Mammoth Proportions
Dwindling freshwater sealed the demise of the St. Paul woolly mammoths, and could still pose a threat today
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Spix’s Macaw, Star of “Rio,” Spotted in the Wild for the First Time in 15 Years
Captured in a backlit cellphone video, the sighting gives conservationists hope for the survival of Brazil’s little blue birds
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The Event that Wiped out Dinosaurs Also Nearly Did in the Mammals
New estimates suggest a measly seven percent of mammals survived the extinction
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These Eerie Portraits Capture Endangered and Extinct Animals in a Film That Is Also Vanishing
Denis Defibaugh uses Polaroid 55 film to give animal specimens an afterlife
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How to Save the Monarchs? Pay Farmers to Grow Butterfly Habitats
A novel conservation effort aims to fund a habitat exchange to protect the iconic butterflies from extinction
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“Mermaid Ivory” Stirs Controversy Over How Extinct Species Are Studied
The carved bones of marine mammals highlight the squishy regulations around their trade and what that means for science
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Beloved Giant Turtle Dies, Leaving Only Three Alive on Earth
The recent death of Cu Rua pushes the Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle to the brink of extinction
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Scientists Rediscover a Tree Frog Thought to Be Extinct for Over a Century
Last seen in 1870, Jerdon’s tree frog is alive and (mostly) well in India
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They’re Back: Supposedly Extinct Sea Snakes Have Been Found in Australia
Nearly 15 years later and about 1,000 miles away from the last sighting, the snakes could be making a comeback
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Amazon Tree Census Makes Clear Just How Many Species are in Trouble
More than half of the Amazon’s trees could qualify as threatened species
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Northern White Rhinos Now Number Three
The 41-year-old Nola died this week, leaving only three northern white rhinos left in the world
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Weak Skeletons May Have Spelled the End for Mammoths
New results suggest that weak bones made the beasts more susceptible to human hunters
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It Wasn’t Just an Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs, Epic Volcanoes Helped
A new study ignites a decades-old debate about what killed the dinosaurs
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Massive Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Earth’s “Great Dying”
Geologists nailed down the timing of the ancient event and confirmed that it is a likely suspect in the Permian extinction
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After the Dinosaurs Died, Earth Experienced the Age of Fish
The fossil record shows how ray-finned fishes took over the planet’s oceans
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Asteroid Impacts Once Made the Earth’s Oceans Boil for A Whole Year
Life had it rough back then
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How Settlers Wiped Out the Caribbean’s Rodents of Unusual Size
The eradication of rice rats in the Lesser Antilles was part of a massive mammal extinction event
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These Are the Extinct Animals We Can, and Should, Resurrect
Biologist Beth Shapiro offers a guide to the science and ethics of using DNA for de-extinction
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