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Life

First Known Bird Extinction Declared in Mainland Europe

There is a 99.6% chance that the slender-billed curlew just doesn’t exist anymore.

11.20.24

By Luis Prada
Tech

‘De-Extinction’ Company Claims to Have Extinct Tasmanian Tiger’s Genome

They’ve completely mapped the Tasmanian Tiger’s genome with 99.9 percent accuracy, like IRL Jurassic Park.

10.18.24

By Luis Prada
Tech

AI CEOs Say AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Are Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This

05.30.23

By Chloe Xiang
Tech

5,000 Wild New Species Discovered in Region That Ocean Mining Will Soon Devastate

05.25.23

By Becky Ferreira
News

Look at This Yummy Woolly Mammoth Meatball Scientists Made for Us

03.29.23

By Jack Cummings
Tech

Google Deepmind Researcher Co-Authors Paper Saying AI Will Eliminate Humanity

09.13.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

The Most Mysterious Animals in the World Are Heading Toward Extinction, Scientists Say

08.04.22

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

US Wildlife Officials Declare 23 Species Extinct

09.29.21

By Sarah Wells
Tech

A Warning Sign of a Mass Extinction Event Is on the Rise, Scientists Say

09.21.21

By Becky Ferreira
News

Belize’s Manatee Man Is Trying to Save the Lovable ‘Sea Cows’ From Cruise Ships

08.13.21

By Nathaniel Janowitz
Tech

Mouse Thought to Be Extinct for 150 Years Found Alive on an Island

06.28.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

90% of Sharks Were Mysteriously Wiped Out and Never Recovered, Scientists Find

06.03.21

By Becky Ferreira

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