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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a species of plants or animals. The death of the last individual of the species is generally regarded as the moment of extinction. More than one in four species on Earth currently faces extinction.
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APR 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 16, 2017Immunology
How did our ancient ancestors wipe out a primordial virus 11 million years ago? Could modern humans harness this techniq ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2017Microbiology
"While lice are highly maligned, they provide a wealth of scientific information," said Dr. Bret BoydWritten By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to scavenge the world to see just how many different kinds of trees there were, you would find so many that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2017Plants & Animals
The bulk of the wooly mammoth population is thought to have died out some 14,000 years ago, but that’s not to say ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Recent sightings of an elusive population of Indochinese Tiger cubs in Thailand are now prompting excitement from conser ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2017Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 13, 2017Plants & Animals
Poachers have long had the upper-hand over conservationists because they have the element of surprise. They also often s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2017Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
While it’s typical of illegal hunters to find their victims in the wild, four-year-old white Rhino named Vince fro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Elephants are among the many species of animals in the world that are facing a slippery slope of population declines due ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2016, hundreds of endangered salamanders reportedly went missing from the San Marcos Aq ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Researchers have recently stumbled across a particular species of elusive frog in the wild for the first time in well ov ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a number of animal species on Earth that are feeling the burn of the human way of life. Numerous species are b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 15, 2017Plants & Animals
There exists a critically-endangered species of monkey so rare that it was once thought to be extinct, but rare footage ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Primates around the world are going through quite a pickle right now. Between the dangers of deforestation, illegal hunt ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a number of animal species that are having a hard time right now because of the ever-changing environment. Amo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve been warned for a while now by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the rusty patched bumb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2017Videos
While 2016 was a difficult year in the human world, in the animal kingdom it wasn't much better. According to the Intern ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 16, 2017
Immunology
How did our ancient ancestors wipe out a primordial virus 11 million years ago? Could modern humans harness this techniq
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2017
Microbiology
"While lice are highly maligned, they provide a wealth of scientific information," said Dr. Bret Boyd
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to scavenge the world to see just how many different kinds of trees there were, you would find so many that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
The bulk of the wooly mammoth population is thought to have died out some 14,000 years ago, but that’s not to say
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Recent sightings of an elusive population of Indochinese Tiger cubs in Thailand are now prompting excitement from conser
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
There is undoubtedly a problem with the way things are going on our planet. The human species continues to grow and spre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Poachers have long had the upper-hand over conservationists because they have the element of surprise. They also often s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
While it’s typical of illegal hunters to find their victims in the wild, four-year-old white Rhino named Vince fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Elephants are among the many species of animals in the world that are facing a slippery slope of population declines due
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Over the Thanksgiving weekend of 2016, hundreds of endangered salamanders reportedly went missing from the San Marcos Aq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Researchers have recently stumbled across a particular species of elusive frog in the wild for the first time in well ov
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a number of animal species on Earth that are feeling the burn of the human way of life. Numerous species are b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a critically-endangered species of monkey so rare that it was once thought to be extinct, but rare footage
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Primates around the world are going through quite a pickle right now. Between the dangers of deforestation, illegal hunt
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a number of animal species that are having a hard time right now because of the ever-changing environment. Amo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve been warned for a while now by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the rusty patched bumb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2017
Videos
While 2016 was a difficult year in the human world, in the animal kingdom it wasn't much better. According to the Intern
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim