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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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JUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2015Plants & Animals
When there's a good sale at the grocery store, we tend to stock up. If steak is on sale, why not buy a few extra and put ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
When you think about an ice age, the first things that come to mind are ice, snow, and the end of the world in an extinc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lions are being re-introduced to Rwanda. There have been no lions living in the small east African country for the past ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 20, 2015Videos
What would you say if we told you that the Earth is getting ready for its next major extinction; the sixth, to be exact? ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2015Videos
No, it's not the VIP list at a hot club, it's the endangered species list. Once a species is placed on the list, some mi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
The Wolf volcano, located on Isabella Island of the Galapagos Islands, has erupted on Monday in what is said to be the f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 20, 2015Plants & Animals
We've all seen the adorable panda pictures of these cuddly black and white bears lazing around chewing on bamboo. Just l ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
Welcome back, Bouvier's red colobus monkey. It's been a while.
According to WCS: "The small primate lives in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over 65 million years ago, when a 6-mile wide asteroid slammed into the earth with the force of a billion at ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 07, 2015Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 06, 2015Plants & Animals
The field of paleobiology and the study of ecological diversity have some new data and it's proving to be quite differen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
A little brownish bird last seen 74 years ago and thought to be extinct has called out yet again.
It was spot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2015Plants & Animals
When there's a good sale at the grocery store, we tend to stock up. If steak is on sale, why not buy a few extra and put ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
When you think about an ice age, the first things that come to mind are ice, snow, and the end of the world in an extinc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lions are being re-introduced to Rwanda. There have been no lions living in the small east African country for the past ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 20, 2015Videos
What would you say if we told you that the Earth is getting ready for its next major extinction; the sixth, to be exact? ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2015Videos
No, it's not the VIP list at a hot club, it's the endangered species list. Once a species is placed on the list, some mi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
The Wolf volcano, located on Isabella Island of the Galapagos Islands, has erupted on Monday in what is said to be the f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 20, 2015Plants & Animals
We've all seen the adorable panda pictures of these cuddly black and white bears lazing around chewing on bamboo. Just l ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Plants & Animals
Welcome back, Bouvier's red colobus monkey. It's been a while.
According to WCS: "The small primate lives in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over 65 million years ago, when a 6-mile wide asteroid slammed into the earth with the force of a billion at ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 07, 2015Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Earth & The Environment
A controversial canal that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans across Nicaragua has environmental scientists c ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 06, 2015Plants & Animals
The field of paleobiology and the study of ecological diversity have some new data and it's proving to be quite differen ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
A little brownish bird last seen 74 years ago and thought to be extinct has called out yet again.
It was spot ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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