'We will save them': The quest to rescue nearly extinct rhinos
Two rhinos munch serenely on grass as the sun rises over Mount Kenya, oblivious to the massive global endeavour to prevent ...
Why is axolotl Mexico's most beloved amphibian? Endangerment, Minecraft, more
Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.
Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age—we're witnessing a similar process now
When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...
Animals Around The Globe on MSN2d
5 Animals Declared Extinct in the U.S. in the Last Decade!
In just the last decade, the U.S. has officially declared five species extinct, marking a tragic loss for biodiversity. Once a part of American ecosystems, these animals vanished due to habitat ...
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Officials release once-extinct species back into the wild: 'Back from the brink of extinction'
Great news has emerged from Victoria, Australia, as a once-extinct fish, the olive perchlet, has been released back into the ...
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Getting rewilding right with the reintroduction of small wildcats
For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...
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Fossils reveal rapid land recovery after end-Permian extinction
Fossil evidence from North China suggests that some ecosystems may have recovered within just two million years of the ...
Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing
Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic ...
10 extinct bird species that scientists are working to bring back
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...