Extinct Species

'Plant messiah' Carlos Magdalena saves species from extinction

History & Culture

'Plant messiah' Carlos Magdalena saves species from extinction

'Plant messiah' Carlos Magdalena saves species from extinction

The last days of the Neanderthals

History & Culture

The last days of the Neanderthals

The last days of the Neanderthals

This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg

Animals

This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg

This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg

The fight to save this sea star just got interesting

Animals

The fight to save this sea star just got interesting

The fight to save this sea star just got interesting

This Ecuadorian frog was lost for 100 years—until now

Animals

This Ecuadorian frog was lost for 100 years—until now

This Ecuadorian frog was lost for 100 years—until now

This little bird tells the story of the East Coast’s disappearing marshes

Environment

This little bird tells the story of the East Coast’s disappearing marshes

This little bird tells the story of the East Coast’s disappearing marshes

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from

Science

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from

This dinosaur dug its own grave

Science

This dinosaur dug its own grave

This dinosaur dug its own grave

What killed the last woolly mammoths?

Science

What killed the last woolly mammoths?

What killed the last woolly mammoths?

Can ‘endlings’s stories help us save them?

Animals

Can ‘endlings’s stories help us save them?

Can ‘endlings’s stories help us save them?

Rare gray whale spotted in the Atlantic—and it's only the beginning

Animals

Rare gray whale spotted in the Atlantic—and it's only the beginning

Rare gray whale spotted in the Atlantic—and it's only the beginning

How an ‘extinct’ cicada was rediscovered 100 years later

Animals

How an ‘extinct’ cicada was rediscovered 100 years later

How an ‘extinct’ cicada was rediscovered 100 years later

A 19th-century health craze almost drove these creatures extinct

History Magazine

A 19th-century health craze almost drove these creatures extinct

A 19th-century health craze almost drove these creatures extinct

We might lose these whales for good if we don’t slow down

Animals

We might lose these whales for good if we don’t slow down

We might lose these whales for good if we don’t slow down

These 5 species may vanish. If they do, we’re all in trouble.

Animals
Photo Ark

These 5 species may vanish. If they do, we’re all in trouble.

These 5 species may vanish. If they do, we’re all in trouble.

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