An Instagram post about the last two northern white rhinos references a scenario conservationists have warned us about for ...

The term “de-extinction” often conjures images of Jurassic Park-style genetic manipulation, complete with ethical dilemmas and ecological chaos. But the reality of functional de-extinction—the ...

The field of genetics is undergoing a quiet revolution, and it’s happening in the laboratories where scientists are learning to resurrect the genetic blueprints of extinct species. What began as an ...

A new research paper published in Science reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef. Scientists documented catastrophic mortality of these critically endangered ...

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