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May 29, 2025 — Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of unicellular organism in seawater collected near Hachijojima Island. The newly discovered species, named Viscidocauda ...
This is the first time any native endangered species has been cloned in the United States. The advance is a milestone for the conservation of black-footed ferrets, North America’s only native ...
The reviewed studies showed large differences in the species ... May 23, 2025 — Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more ...
Ring-tailed lemurs also spend a lot of time on the ground, which is unusual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves ...
This crisis is pushing countless species to the brink and forcing Indigenous Peoples and local communities from their ancestral lands. But this isn't irreversible -- if governments, businesses ...
This publication can be cited as follows: COSEWIC. 2024. Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Web site: Document search [accessed 12 October ...
Indus river dolphins are believed to have originated in the ancient Tethys Sea. When the sea dried up approximately 50 million years ago, the dolphins were forced to adapt to its only remaining ...