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Where is the habitat for an animal that was adapted for preying on now-extinct megafauna like ground sloths and giant bison? How might dire wolves and gray wolves co-exist, and could they hybridize?
When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy. By Brooke Jarvis Brooke Jarvis is a contributing writer for ...
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After the extinction of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous mass extinction (the fifth mass extinction) about 66 million years ago, a new era of “megafauna” emerged. These were large animals ...
They likely had little need to travel to find food. The extinction of Australia’s megafauna – long-vanished beasts such the “marsupial lion” Thylacoleo and the three-tonne Diprotodon – has long been ...
Madagascar, one of several island nations in Africa, can be found near Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. Though its capital, Antananarivo, is where the heart of the country's dining ...
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Scientist Anthony Dosseto said the new techniques could be used to better understand the disappearance of Australia's megafauna. Prehistoric species of giant echidna, wombat-like marsupials ...
DFO ended permissions for lethal removal in 2000. Over the next decade, the number of marine mega-fauna deaths never climbed above 300 a year before falling even further. Deadly encounters for ...
Pune: Around 450 species of flora and fauna found at Ramnadi-Mula confluence were mapped and recorded by a group of volunteers on May 2 on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), an ...
Growing up bushwalking in the Royal National Park sparked Chris Laurikainen Gaete's fascination with nature. St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering education, health and general ...