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By Shreya Dasgupta Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent ...

Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them—has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal ...

Arian Wallach receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Erick Lundgren receives funding from the Centre for Open Science & Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Alberta ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...