A male and female Chiriqui harlequin frog (<em>Atelopus chiriquiensis</em>) photographed in 2010. The species was declared extinct in 2019.
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Getting it wrong can harm the very creatures that scientists are trying to protect.

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Timeline: An Extended Battle

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Woolly Mammoth Genomes Reveal Genetic Adaptations to Cold

Fernanda, a Fernandina giant tortoise (<em>Chelonoidis phantasticus</em>), was identified in 2019, decades after her species supposedly went extinct.

When an Extinct Species Is Found Alive, What Happens Next?

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Book Excerpt from The Creative Lives of Animals

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What Happens to Science When Model Organisms Become Endangered?

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Opinion: Eating Right to Avoid Catastrophe

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Are We In the Midst of a Silent Mass Extinction?

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Probable Chlorine Exposure Kills 21,000 Fish at UC Davis

Oysters&rsquo; shells were made into concrete and other materials used in construction during the Industrial Revolution.

Scientists Use Sound to Attract Baby Oysters Back to the Reef

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A World of Wildlife in Abandoned Mines

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Science Snapshot: Giant Manta Ray Sanctuary

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Science Snapshot: Down but Not Out

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Science Snapshot: Not “Extinctus” After All

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Cultured Meat Advances Toward the Market

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More Than 9,000 Tree Species Await Scientific Description

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Researchers Identify Novel Long-Tongued Fly Species

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Book Excerpt from Endangered Maize

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Opinion: Going Beyond Seed Banks

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“Godfather of Biodiversity” Thomas Lovejoy Dies at 80

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Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey Dies at Age 77

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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Discover how to streamline tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte production.

Producing Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapeutics

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