Extinction
Researchers Discover Secret Breeding Ground of World's Most Endangered Crocodile
Over 100 recently-hatched gharials were found deep in Nepal's Bardia National Park
South Atlantic Humpback Whales Have Rebounded From the Brink of Extinction
A new study estimates that the group’s population has grown from 440 individuals in 1958 to nearly 25,000 today
Newly Identified Fish Nurseries Are Choked With Plastic
Larval fish congregate in surface slicks, which contain plankton—and 126 times more plastic than surrounding waters
Text Messages Sent by Roaming Eagles Bankrupt Scientific Study
A steppe eagle named Min spent months out of range before reappearing in Iran and sending hundreds of expensive SMS texts
Fossil Site Reveals How Mammals Thrived After the Death of the Dinosaurs
Recent discoveries highlight how mammals lived before and after the asteroid impact that triggered the world's fifth mass extinction
Why Did Thousands of Rubber Bands Show Up on an Uninhabited Cornish Island?
Nesting gulls have likely been trying to feed the bands found in nearby flower fields to their chicks for decades
North America Has Lost Nearly 3 Billion Birds Since 1970
The staggering population loss of 29 percent of North American birds could signal an ecological crisis
Common Pesticides Delay Songbird Migration, Trigger Significant Weight Loss
Within six hours of ingesting a high dose of pesticide, sparrows lost six percent of their body weight and 17 percent of their fat stores
What Happened the Day a Giant, Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit the Earth
Using rock cores from Chicxulub crater, geologists piece together a new timeline of the destruction that followed impact
Ice Age Humans Likely Played Major Role in Cave Bears’ Extinction
Researchers have long debated whether human activity or climate change precipitated the species' demise
A Human-Sized Penguin Once Waddled Through New Zealand
The leg bones of Crossvallia waiparensis suggest it was more than five feet tall and weighed up to 176 pounds
A Crashed Spacecraft Might Have Put Earth's Most Indestructible Organisms on the Moon
The microscopic tardigrades were part of a lunar library sent aboard the Beresheet lander that crashed last April
Toxic Pesticides Are Driving Insect ‘Apocalypse’ in the U.S., Study Warns
The country's agricultural landscape is now 48 times more toxic to insects than it was 25 years ago
Fossils Reveal Why Coyotes Outlived Saber-Toothed Cats
Contrary to popular belief, carnivorous cats and canines probably didn't hunt the same limited pool of prey
There Are ‘At Most’ 19 Vaquitas Left in the Wild
An alarming new study documents the continued decline of the critically endangered porpoise—but it may still be possible to save the species
Why Did These Human-Sized Beavers Go Extinct During the Last Ice Age?
A new study suggests the giant beavers disappeared after their wetland habitats dried up, depriving the species of its aquatic plant-based diet
Did This Fossil Freeze a Swimming School of Fish in Time?
The 50-million-year-old slab of limestone suggests that fish have been swimming in unison for far longer than previously realized
Ortolans, Songbirds Enjoyed as French Delicacy, Are Being Eaten Into Extinction
Hunters illegally catch some 30,000 of the 300,000 ortolans that pass through southwestern France every migration season
This Board Game Asks Players to Craft a Perfect Planet
In 'Planet', players compete to create worlds capable of sustaining the highest possible level of biodiversity
One Million Species at Risk of Extinction, Threatening Human Communities Around the World, U.N. Report Warns
A global assessment compiled by hundreds of scientists found that humans are inflicting staggering damage on the world’s biodiversity
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