Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
Artwork of a Hybodus shark, a predator that evolved in the late Permian and survived…
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2025 Nears Climate Heat Record, Mpox Variant Discovered, and Hobbit Extinction Explained
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re…
‘Living Fossil’ Sharks, Rays and Whale Sharks Get a Lifeline amid Extinction Threat
December 1, 20251 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm‘Living Fossil’ Sharks, Rays and Whale…
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Vincent Lynch (left) and Nic Rawlence have been targeted by negative articlesBerlin Communications/Ken Miller Academics…
The guerilla campaign to save a Texas prairie from ‘silent extinction’
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Tribune. One sunny morning…
Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse
Global warming is causing forest die-offs today, just as it did during the Permian-Triassic extinction…
The Dire Wolf Isn’t Back—But Here’s What ‘De-Extinction’ Tech Can Actually Do
The television series Game of Thrones helped popularize dire wolves, but the creatures don’t just…
No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
Romulus and Remus are genetically modified grey wolvesColossal Biosciences A company called Colossal Biosciences says…
Petrol cars ‘heading for extinction’
Second-hand electric cars may be close to a “tipping point” where they become more popular…
How Extinction Rebellion ‘reaped a whirlwind’
Despite a mildly patronising burlesque tone, the documentary is prescient as it pursues Roger in…