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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 23, 2019Plants & Animals
Good news for all those animal lovers out there: the New Zealand Department of Conservation claims that the kakapo parro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2019Plants & Animals
The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) captivates biologists and conservationists alike, and so it should come ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2019Plants & Animals
Hidden somewhere in a drawer in Kenya’s Nairobi National Museum were fossilized bones that stayed off the radar fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
The worldwide celebration of Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when people rallied together to protest the declining bi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2019Videos
This gray seal is extra friendly and curious as he follows a pair of kayakers for over a mile and a half before hopping ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 17, 2019Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists frequently attach GPS tracking tags to animals to better understand their lifestyles and movemen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2019Plants & Animals
Asia’s Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is perhaps one of the world’s rarest turtle species ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2019Plants & Animals
It seems like each passing day brings a new wave of animal conservationists warning the world about the risk of a specif ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2019Plants & Animals
Casa de Campo is the largest public park in Spain’s beautiful capital of Madrid, and many visitors have taken noti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe just after hydrogen, but only making up 0.0005% of Earth' ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Horseshoe crabs were once thought to be related to sand crabs, but there have been placed in the arachnid group.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In a recently published study, Princeton scientists claimed that they have sufficient evidence to conclude that asteroid ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 10, 2019Microbiology
In recent years, fungal disease has decimated amphibian populations; some species went extinct. But others withstood the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2019Plants & Animals
The Gulf of California plays host to the world’s most elusive porpoise: the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). On the other ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2019Videos
Scientists at Ginkgo Bioworks are using genetic technology to bring back the essence of extinct plants.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2019Plants & Animals
Just when you thought scientists have uncovered every Earth-dwelling creature they possibly could, a new animal discover ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2019Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
Good news for all those animal lovers out there: the New Zealand Department of Conservation claims that the kakapo parro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) captivates biologists and conservationists alike, and so it should come
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Hidden somewhere in a drawer in Kenya’s Nairobi National Museum were fossilized bones that stayed off the radar fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The worldwide celebration of Earth Day began on April 22, 1970, when people rallied together to protest the declining bi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2019
Videos
This gray seal is extra friendly and curious as he follows a pair of kayakers for over a mile and a half before hopping
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists frequently attach GPS tracking tags to animals to better understand their lifestyles and movemen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Asia’s Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is perhaps one of the world’s rarest turtle species
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
It seems like each passing day brings a new wave of animal conservationists warning the world about the risk of a specif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2019
Plants & Animals
Casa de Campo is the largest public park in Spain’s beautiful capital of Madrid, and many visitors have taken noti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe just after hydrogen, but only making up 0.0005% of Earth'
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Horseshoe crabs were once thought to be related to sand crabs, but there have been placed in the arachnid group.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In a recently published study, Princeton scientists claimed that they have sufficient evidence to conclude that asteroid
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bees are an essential constituent in the plethora of pollinating insects in existence today, and while there’s no
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 10, 2019
Microbiology
In recent years, fungal disease has decimated amphibian populations; some species went extinct. But others withstood the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Gulf of California plays host to the world’s most elusive porpoise: the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). On the other
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2019
Videos
Scientists at Ginkgo Bioworks are using genetic technology to bring back the essence of extinct plants.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Humans commercially harvest many marine animals because a booming market exists above the ocean’s surface. Unfortu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2019
Plants & Animals
Just when you thought scientists have uncovered every Earth-dwelling creature they possibly could, a new animal discover
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Established as one of man’s best friends, dogs can seemingly be found in almost every other household you visit. B
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have been trying to learn about the factors that drive speciation since the dawn of time, and while there&rsq
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard