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Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats—but where's the evidence?
In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...
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Resurrecting the dire wolf: Scientific breakthrough or misleading marketing stunt?
Real or hybrid, news of the resurrection of the dire wolf is a big deal with huge implications for conservation efforts, the advancement of science, and the business of bioscience.
'Alarming' decline of common garden bird: Starling numbers in Britain have DROPPED to their lowest number ever recorded, RSPB warns
The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch has shown that while house sparrows are still our most common bird, followed by the blue tit, ...
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Reps. Hurd, Boebert support bill to de-list gray wolves as endangered species
A former Western Colorado congresswoman has introduced a bill to get gray wolves delisted from the endangered species ...
Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary cited a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf to generate momentum for a rollback ...
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Dire wolf, or Colossal misrepresentation?
A biotechnology company called Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected the dire wolf, a species that went extinct over 10,000 years ago.
Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?
From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...