Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers have resurrected woolly mammoth genes in the lab. But this isn’t about bringing the extinct species back from the dead. These particular genes came from one of the last remaining mammoth populations, which are believed to have suffered gene… Continue reading Resurrected woolly mammoth genes illustrate genetic decline
A new study found that American bumblebees are in big trouble up north. Continue reading The American Bumblebee Is Facing Extinction in Canada
SoCal’s mountain lions are on track to be wiped out within 50 years, but conservation projects could save them. Continue reading Highways Are Driving Cougars to Inbreeding and Extinction In Southern California
As well as the Fernandina tortoise, another “giant” species thought to be possibly extinct showed up this year—Wallace’s giant bee. Continue reading Giant Tortoise Feared Extinct Reappears After 113 Years
“Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognize that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage.” Continue reading ‘Runaway Collapse’ of Environment Could Cause the Next Great Recession
More than 40 percent of insects are at risk of extinction within 100 years. Continue reading Insects Are In ‘Catastrophic’ Decline Worldwide, Scientists Warn
A male Sehuencas water frog, thought to be the last of his kind, will be bred with a female recently caught in the wild. Continue reading The ‘World’s Loneliest Frog’ Finally Has a Mate
A discouraging survey of California’s monarch butterfly population signals bad news for the at-risk species. Continue reading California’s Monarch Butterflies Hit ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Record Low
Welcome to the dark side of Motherboard’s two-part poll about the future. Continue reading We Asked 105 Experts What Worries Them Most About the Future
This Eurasian giant weighed 7,700 pounds and likely had the largest horn of any rhino, extinct or living. Continue reading Climate Change Killed the ‘Siberian Unicorn,’ Study Says