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AYMTTG A man looks at a display in the Hall of Biodiversity American Museum of Natural History

Life

Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low

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Life

Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves

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A six-and-a-half-centimetre snail is one of the rarest animals at the park. The Giant Magnolia Snail had been thought to have been extinct before living specimens were found in southern Vietnam in 2012.Classified as critically endangered, there are thought to be as few as 300 of the left coiling snail in the world with eight at Longleat and just 56 in European zoos and Safari Parks. Keeper Samantha Peeke has been ensuring they settle in and the snails will soon be able to be seen in the Animal Adventure area of the Park.?They are kept in a sterile environment to protect them, and each has an ID tag. We are hoping they will start breeding which will be incredible for the species. Tom_Anders_GiantSnail

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A giant snail that lives up to its name

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A company called Colossal Biosciences says it has revived an extinct species ? the dire wolf. ?On October 1, 2024, for the first time in human history, Colossal successfully restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction

Society

Why claims about 'resurrecting' dire wolves are the tip of the iceberg

Comment

No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

Life

No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

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Humans

Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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Life

De-extinction company claims it has nearly complete thylacine genome

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Environment

Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction

News

Last Wrangel Mammoth

Life

The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding

News

How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon

Environment

How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon

The same genetic tools being used to resurrect the woolly mammoth and dodo could help many other vulnerable species that have yet to die out

Features

Life

Can genetically modifying a rare marsupial save it from extinction?

Analysis

Comment

The best new science fiction books of April 2024

Culture

Life

Is the woolly mammoth really on the brink of being resurrected?

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Comment

The Last of its Kind review: How the great auk left an enduring legacy

Culture