Tag: Extinction
A changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to...
Emily Lindsey, University of California, Los Angeles; Lisa N. Martinez, University of California, Los Angeles, and Regan E. Dunn, USC Dornsife College...
Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story,...
Risa Aria Schnebly, Arizona State University and Ben A. Minteer, Arizona State University
It’s no secret that human activities...
Megalodon sharks ruled the oceans millions of years ago – new...
Emma Kast, University of Cambridge; Jeremy McCormack, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, and Sora Kim, University of California, Merced
Should we protect nature for its own sake? For its economic...
Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State
As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating,...
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction...
Brian Lovett, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Digital sound archives can bring extinct birds (briefly) back to life
Hannah Hunter, Queen's University, Ontario
When people think of extinct animals, they may picture taxidermy, skeletons, 19th-century illustrations or...
Zoos and aquariums shift to a new standard of ‘animal welfare’...
Michael J. Renner, Drake University
In 1980 I visited the zoo in a major U.S. city and found row after row of bare concrete...
Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America
Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix College
In recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in the conservation science community and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
