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Scientists list iconic orange-and-black monarch butterflies as endangered
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its 'red list' of threatened species and categorized it as "endangered" — two steps from extinct
African elephants make it to the IUCN's red list due to poaching, shrinking populations
Half a century ago, around 1.5 million elephants roamed across Africa, but recent assessment in 2016 found that were around 415,000 remaining.
Scientists rewrite mammoth's family tree using DNA from fossil that's more than one mn years old
This mammoth DNA smashes the record for the oldest DNA ever sequenced, which was previously held by a roughly 700,000-year-old horse specimen.
Future seems uncertain: Breathing life into the Corpse flower that smells like death
Corpse flowers aren’t doing great in their native home of Sumatra, as they are dwindling because of deforestation for lumber and crops.
African cheetah to be re-introduced in India after it was declared extinct 68 years ago
Experts from the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India visited four places in Madhya Pradesh to look for the best habitat for the reintroduction.
Tiny elephant shrew reappears in two countries after five decades of being thought lost
Though the Somali elephant shrew was thought to be a lost species, locals of East Africa identified the animal easily in pictures.
Researchers create another embryo to help bring back the northern white rhino population
The three embryos will be transferred into the womb of a southern white rhino female, to act as a surrogate mother.
Scientists identify new dinosaur species as the largest flying mammal to live
Despite their large size and wide distribution, only fragmentary remains have been unearthed.
Genetic studies show that human beings lead to the extinction of the cave bear
Homo sapiens originated in Africa more than 300,000 years ago and later spreading worldwide.
Fossils of dinosaurs that lived in a dessert have been unearth in Brazil
The Vespersaurus lived 90 million years ago and is in the same family as the Velociraptor.
New census method implemented to document elephant population in Kaziranga
Elephants get a unique ID based on their characteristic body feature like ear shape, tusk, tail length.
Liquid blood, urine from 42,000-year-old extinct horse extracted by scientists
The body of the extinct horse species was found in perfect condition & scientists are hoping to clone it.
African elephants may be extinct in 20 years
African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana.