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Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.

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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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Are We In the Midst of a Silent Mass Extinction?

Ferns bounced back much faster than other plants after the meteor impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Why Did Ferns Persist When All Other Plants Perished?

Dinosaur Fossil (Tyrannosaurus Rex) Found by Archaeologists

Are We in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction?

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Colin Carlson Works to Predict and Prevent Viral Spillover

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Infographic: A Look at the Big Five Mass Extinctions

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Marilyn Fogel, Biogeochemist and “Isotope Queen,” Dies at 69

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Fifteen-Year Project Quantifies Threat to Reptiles

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Science Snapshot: Not “Extinctus” After All

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

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