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A speculative paper argues that ancient planetary flybys may have helped trigger some of Earth’s mass extinctions.

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Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind ...

From deserts to the deep ocean, hundreds of thousands of species are at risk according to the latest IUCN report.

A new Homo floresiensis study suggests the extinct "hobbit" scavenged Komodo dragon kills instead of hunting large prey or ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

When the rock now known as the Chicxulub impactor plummeted from outer space and slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

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