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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 21, 2016Plants & Animals
If you don't like rats because they're icky and gross, then you should just close your web browser now, because ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2016Plants & Animals
There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2016Videos
We all know the emerging threats of extinction that species all over the globe face from climate change - some scientist ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2016Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Just a couple of weeks ago, an ultra rare Sumatran Rhino was discovered in the wild in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2016Videos
Climate change isn't going anywhere. The research into the impact it is having on the planet and if or how the damage ca ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2016Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 24, 2016Plants & Animals
For the first time in what is being reported as 40 years by the World Wildlife Fund, a critically-endangered Sumatran Rh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
Russia has a huge stockpile of ballistic missiles that were originally designed to defend the country during the Cold Wa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2016Videos
Climate change is a reality that isn't going anywhere. The level of greenhouse gas currently in the atmosphere is at an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 22, 2016Plants & Animals
When a species of animal thought to be extinct suddenly reappears in nature, it can be quite an interesting and exciting ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In Australia, the economic impact of vertebrate pest species is estimated to be 720 million Australian dollars per year. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 09, 2015Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2015Videos
Coral reefs are in danger of extinction. They're protected, and are a critical part of wild marine life in our oceans. B ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
You probably first heard of the Tasmanian devil while watching the Looney Tunes cartoon portrayal as a child. According ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 23, 2015Plants & Animals
The Northern white rhinoceros is a rare animal – and as of this weekend, of the remaining four known to exist has ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Waterloo think cyanobacteria contributed to the “Great Oxidation Event” (GO ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Infographics
Can we revive a dinosaur? Here we learn about the genetics behind it, is it really possible, and what we can actually re ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
You’ve probably heard of SETI, (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). It is, as its name implies, a sear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopSEP 03, 2015Videos
While they used to be hunted for their blubber, skins and ivory teeth, the only people hunting whales today are tourists ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 25, 2015Plants & Animals
The Sumatran Rhino is an ultra-rare animal. There are no female Sumatran Rhinos in the United States, which means ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2015Plants & Animals
This episode of SciShow highlights three methods to "resurrect" extinct species…Cloning. Animals can be cloned using a t ...Written By: Kerry Evans
APR 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you don't like rats because they're icky and gross, then you should just close your web browser now, because
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
There’s a rare sight to behold in New Zealand, that is, if you can find it. New Zealand’s yellow-eyed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2016
Videos
We all know the emerging threats of extinction that species all over the globe face from climate change - some scientist
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Just a couple of weeks ago, an ultra rare Sumatran Rhino was discovered in the wild in Kalimantan, the Indonesia part of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2016
Videos
Climate change isn't going anywhere. The research into the impact it is having on the planet and if or how the damage ca
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2016
Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
For the first time in what is being reported as 40 years by the World Wildlife Fund, a critically-endangered Sumatran Rh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Russia has a huge stockpile of ballistic missiles that were originally designed to defend the country during the Cold Wa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2016
Videos
Climate change is a reality that isn't going anywhere. The level of greenhouse gas currently in the atmosphere is at an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
When a species of animal thought to be extinct suddenly reappears in nature, it can be quite an interesting and exciting
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In Australia, the economic impact of vertebrate pest species is estimated to be 720 million Australian dollars per year.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2015
Videos
Coral reefs are in danger of extinction. They're protected, and are a critical part of wild marine life in our oceans. B
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
You probably first heard of the Tasmanian devil while watching the Looney Tunes cartoon portrayal as a child. According
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 23, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Northern white rhinoceros is a rare animal – and as of this weekend, of the remaining four known to exist has
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Waterloo think cyanobacteria contributed to the “Great Oxidation Event” (GO
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Infographics
Can we revive a dinosaur? Here we learn about the genetics behind it, is it really possible, and what we can actually re
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You’ve probably heard of SETI, (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence). It is, as its name implies, a sear
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 03, 2015
Videos
While they used to be hunted for their blubber, skins and ivory teeth, the only people hunting whales today are tourists
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 25, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Sumatran Rhino is an ultra-rare animal. There are no female Sumatran Rhinos in the United States, which means
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
This episode of SciShow highlights three methods to "resurrect" extinct species…Cloning. Animals can be cloned using a t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans