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extinction
Niranjana Rajalakshmi • August 26, 2022
Decades after the last Indian cheetah was killed, 36 will soon be imported from Africa. Conservationists aren’t sure it will work
Niranjana Rajalakshmi • April 8, 2022
Road expansion in West Africa is threatening the critically endangered western chimpanzee population
Lauren Leffer • April 23, 2021
Brood X periodical cicadas come out every 17 years and are set to emerge this spring. One day, they might not
![Whooping crane, Grus americana, endangered species native to North America [Credit: Ryan Hagerty | CC 0]](https://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/americana-387359_1280.jpg)
Ethan Freedman • January 20, 2021
Biodiversity loss represents a growing environmental threat, conservationists say
Dani Leviss • February 11, 2019
Saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths, woolly rhinos and other ice age megafauna are all extinct now — but who or what is to blame remains a mystery
Ellie Kincaid • May 2, 2016
An endangered bird is promised future habitat at home, but needs help sooner
Ellie Kincaid • January 17, 2016
Humans are creating new species as well as killing them off, but don’t be too quick to celebrate
Rebecca Cudmore • November 7, 2013
Organisms keep up with a changing climate without waiting for genetic adaptation
Joss Fong • January 20, 2013
Cat advocates and conservationists debate how many dead birds is too many
Justine E. Hausheer • January 22, 2012
Gerta Keller’s controversial dinosaur-extinction theory
Justine E. Hausheer • November 15, 2011
Skull analysis reveals it hunted prey smaller than sheep
Scienceline Editors • November 11, 2011
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Rose Eveleth • June 7, 2011
North Atlantic right whales are in trouble, but it’s hard to know what to do about it
Rachel Nuwer • January 24, 2011
Researchers add pathogenic fungus to risk list for already endangered turtles
Rachel Nuwer • December 16, 2010
Farming of exotic animals has not solved Vietnam’s illegal wildlife trade predicament