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There are two northern white rhinos left on Earth. Can a controversial approach save them?
A global consortium of scientists racing to save the northern white rhinoceros—two females shy of extinction—are now enlisting help from […]
Efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth to modern day reaches Alaska classrooms
The company seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth and other long-gone animals such as the dodo also wants to make sure schoolchildren’s interest […]
Ending The Pachyderm Plague
It was a spring day in 2009, and the staff at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium buzzed with excitement. After […]
Using AI to monitor orphaned elephants in Botswana could usher in the return of the woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth has not walked the Earth for 4,000 years. Killed off at the end of the last ice […]
TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023
It’s been 4,000 years since the woolly mammoth went extinct, but Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences wants to change that. In 2022, […]
Elephant Havens: A Sanctuary of Love, Hope, and Conservation
It was a heart-wrenching scene: a young and terrified elephant calf, desperate for nourishment, attempting hopelessly to nurse from […]
The Bird Kingdom
When the first Polynesians arrived on the shores of New Zealand between 1200 and 1300 AD [1], what they found […]
Deep Learning Meets the Deep Sea
How can we best understand and protect wild species? The identification and monitoring of species is a critical aspect of […]
The 2022 Nobel Prizes—Honoring Disruptive Science
Chemistry Are Chemistry and Biology clicking? At least there’s good chemistry. Laureates: Carolyn Bertozzi of Stanford University, USA Morten […]
Ad Honorem: A Tribute to Proboscideans
Synopsis: Crown products of 55 million years of evolution across Africa and Asia, elephants epitomize an extraordinary species endowed with […]