Only six specimens of the spade-toothed whale have ever been identified. This carcass could be the first that scientists are able to dissect.
Tag: Endangered and Extinct Species
A Mammoth DNA Discovery Helps Map an Ancient Genome in 3-D
A “fossil chromosome” preserves the structure of a woolly mammoth’s genome — and offers a better grasp of how it once worked.
The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths
The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.
The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths
The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.
If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
Butterflies Are in Decline. New Research Points to Insecticides.
Agricultural insecticides were a key factor, according to a study focused on the Midwest, though researchers emphasized the importance of climate change and habitat loss.
If Paris Agreement Goals Are Missed, These Polar Bears Could Go Extinct
One group in Hudson Bay might have roughly a decade left because sea ice is becoming too thin to support them as they hunt, according to new research.
Fate of Retired Research Chimps Still in Limbo
The National Institutes of Health, which owns the chimps at the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico, has no plans to move the animals to sanctuary, despite a ruling from a federal judge.
The Kiwi Makes a Startling but Careful Comeback
At a sanctuary on New Zealand’s North Island, the long-endangered flightless birds have grown so much in number that they are being transported to other areas to start new colonies.