Joseph Ogutu is a Senior Statistician and Researcher at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. He is affiliated with The Greater Serengeti-Mara Conservation Society and the One Mara ...

Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with five major mass extinctions being particularly ...

Extinction has always been final — until now. Advances in genome sequencing, cloning, and genetic engineering have given scientists a real pathway to bring extinct animals back to life. This process, ...

John Woinarski has previously received Australian government funding through the National Environment Science Program and for contributions to the Threat Abatement Plans for feral cats and foxes. He ...

Research team members collect fossils during their first field work in Mozi village of Huayuan county, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture, Central China's Hunan province, April 7, 2021.

A treasure trove of exceptional fossils from 512 million years ago—including 90 species previously unknown to science—is shining light on a mysterious page in the history of life. Paleontologists ...

An extraordinary 512-million-year-old fossil site has been discovered in southern China, preserving in vivid detail almost an entire ecosystem from a time shortly after Earth’s first mass extinction ...

In an era when excessive screen time and the pressure to curate our lives for social media are just two of the many powerful technological forces that diminish our ability to be fully present, ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, despite attracting some critics Through gene-editing, researchers in the field ...