Wild Horse Cloned to Help Conserve the Endangered Species

Medicine & Technology Sep 06, 2020

San Deigo Zoo Global announced the successful cloning of the Przewalski's horse, a critically endangered species. Conservation efforts of endangered species and the revival of extinct species may be possible through biotechnology and other reproductive technologies.

New Study Offers Insight on Human Impact on Mammal Extinction

Sep 05, 2020

Humans have contributed to animal extinction since the Late Pleistocene, and a new study suggests there are more than 500 species to follow by the year 2100.

Herbivores, Not Predators, Are at Most Risk of Extinction

Aug 06, 2020

Herbivores are apparently facing the greatest risk of extinction, a new study suggests.

Japan Resumes Whale Hunting After 31-Year Ban

Jul 05, 2019

Whaling has been a Japanese tradition for centuries and was particularly important post-World War II to feed the country's poor. Now, the government wants to revive the whaling industry despite growing disinterest in whale meat among Japanese.

Wet Season Subdued the Giant Sloths, Mammoths & Other Megafauna to Extinction

Apr 21, 2017

Apart from previous theory on how the megafauna such as the giant sloths and mammoths became extinct, a new study blames the wetter season for the loss of vegetation and food.

An Asteroid Impact Resulted to Extinction of Ice Age Animals & Clovis People; Much Like the Fate of Dinosaurs

Mar 13, 2017

Massive beasts like mammoth, mastodon and saber-toothed tiger suddenly vanished around 10,000 BC together with Clovis people at the end of the last ice age - nobody knows why.

Over 50 Percent Of The World’s Primate Face Extinction

Nov 26, 2015

Based on the announcement by scientists on Tuesday, this includes apes, monkeys and lemurs.