The pangolin species is highly susceptible to stress, which is why they're rarely ever kept in captivity. According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, keeping these animals captive — even ...

Colossal previously announced efforts to revive other extinct species like the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the thylacine, but the dire wolf's return is the first successful mammalian de ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first ...

Most cases of nocardiosis start out as lung infections, in which pus-filled cavities, or abscesses containing the bacteria, form in the lungs. This can cause symptoms such as chest pain, a cough ...

Around 100 Nocardia species have been identified so far, of which 12 are known to infect humans. People may become infected with Nocardia bacteria when they inhale dust containing the microbes or ...

A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in Tanzania. Scientists have named the canopy-piercing tree Tessmannia princeps ...

Dr. Juliette Tariel-Adam from the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University led a project tracking tool use in multiple species of wrasses—a colorful reef fish. The study logs fish ...

Today, black rhinos have a population of roughly 6,500 – up from the 1990s' low point of less than 2,500, when poaching and habitat loss drove the species to the edge of extinction.

Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could determine its last meal — dating back up to 16 million years to the Miocene Epoch.

Nearly a third of fungi species assessed by international conservation experts were found to be at risk of extinction from threats like agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl. The ...

Colossal Biosciences, founded in 2021, has also been experimenting directly with Asian elephant cells, because that species is most closely related to extinct woolly mammoths. Another arm of ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing to discuss several proposed bills, including one that could undermine the Endangered Species Act—a bedrock ...