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An ancient radiolarian

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Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction

A handful of plankton fossils buried in a small chunk of rock show that the oceans were teeming with life before the Late Ordovician mass extinction, the second most severe on record

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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The woolly rhino

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Woolly rhino genome recovered from meat in frozen wolf pup’s stomach

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De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype

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The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

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The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

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AYMTTG A man looks at a display in the Hall of Biodiversity American Museum of Natural History

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Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds

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Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves

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A six-and-a-half-centimetre snail is one of the rarest animals at the park. The Giant Magnolia Snail had been thought to have been extinct before living specimens were found in southern Vietnam in 2012.Classified as critically endangered, there are thought to be as few as 300 of the left coiling snail in the world with eight at Longleat and just 56 in European zoos and Safari Parks. Keeper Samantha Peeke has been ensuring they settle in and the snails will soon be able to be seen in the Animal Adventure area of the Park.?They are kept in a sterile environment to protect them, and each has an ID tag. We are hoping they will start breeding which will be incredible for the species. Tom_Anders_GiantSnail

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A giant snail that lives up to its name

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A company called Colossal Biosciences says it has revived an extinct species ? the dire wolf. ?On October 1, 2024, for the first time in human history, Colossal successfully restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction

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Why claims about 'resurrecting' dire wolves are the tip of the iceberg

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No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

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No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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De-extinction company claims it has nearly complete thylacine genome

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Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction

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The last woolly mammoths on Earth died from bad luck, not inbreeding

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