29
Mar
Photo of the day: Massive egg of extinct flightless bird up for auction
James Hyslop, a Scientific Specialist at Christie’s auction house, holds up a complete sub-fossilized elephant bird egg on March 27 in London, England.
The elephant bird egg, which is about 100 times the size of an average chicken egg, is expected to fetch up to $45,000 when it is auctioned off in Christie’s “Travel, Science and Natural History” sale on April 24.
26
Mar
Who caused the extinction of more than 1,000 bird species? We did
Between 700 and 3,500 years ago, ancient seafarers colonized the remote islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean, hunting local birds and deforesting the islands.
19
Mar
De-extinction: Can we revive the woolly mammoth?
Should we bring back these species? And what would we do them?
31
Jan
29
Dec
Looking at the epic canine teeth of these once-fearsome cats of Pleistocene lore, you may wonder whether resurrecting saber-toothed cats is a good idea. Nevertheless, they certainly make good candidates. Not only did they go extinct relatively recently — about 11,000 years ago — but fossil specimens have survived into modern times thanks to the frigid habitats they once roamed. Several intact specimens have also been recovered from ancient tar deposits.
14 extinct animals that could be resurrected
19
Dec
Found: Whale thought extinct for 2 million years
A new study suggests that the pygmy right whale is the last living relative of an ancient group of whales long believed to be extinct.
20
Nov
New species sit on museum shelves for 21 years
Species may go extinct in the wild while the specimens that might have identified them languish unstudied by scholars.
17
Nov
Galapagos tortoise ‘Lonesome George’ may have company
DNA analysis revealed 17 hybrid tortoises that can trace ancestry to Lonesome George’s species, the Chelonoidis abingdoni.
08
Nov
Climate change threatens your morning cup of coffee
Wild Arabica coffee could be extinct in 70 years, according to a new study.
23
Oct
Blue iguana crawls away from extinction
Found only on Cayman Islands, blue iguana species has been updated from critically endangered to only endangered.
