For more than 50 years, scientists have been freezing living cells from endangered species. Here’s how the Frozen Zoo® is ...
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With reports of 200 or more species going extinct each day, it can seem like an uphill battle to keep vulnerable populations ...
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The Permian period began 299 million years ago at the end of the Paleozoic Era. A collision of continents had created one single supercontinent, Pangea, that extended from pole to pole. The enormous ...
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The world is undergoing its sixth mass extinction and a number of species are at risk. If climate change isn't appropriately addressed, some wildlife could be forever lost. Here's a look at some of ...
Humans have long tinkered with the evolutionary trajectories of other species. Thousands of years ago we tamed wolves into dogs and transformed a wild grass into the agricultural wonder wheat. Within ...
Whether fermented into wine, dried into raisins or eaten cold straight from the refrigerator, grapes are a delicious fruit that humans have enjoyed for thousands of years. Now, new research suggests ...
Almost all life on land and in the ocean was wiped out during "The Great Dying," a mass extinction event at the end of the Permian Era about 250 million years ago. New evidence suggests that the Great ...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with KPBS Passport! —Explore the Extinction Crisis and Its Consequences, Including Greater Risk of Global Pandemics— Featuring some of the ...