Life in the ancient Arctic: Tiny teeth of newly discovered species suggest it was a cradle of mammalian evolution

A fossil mammal tooth smaller than a grain of rice does not announce itself loudly. It must be hard won from sediment and ...
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Skulls from extinct mammals show their noses were insanely powerful

Long after an animal’s soft tissues have vanished, its skull still carries a blueprint of how it sensed the world. For extinct mammals, those bony clues now show that noses were not just prominent ...
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Fossil skulls reveal how well extinct mammals could smell

We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger, and shapes social behavior. A new international study shows that this vital sense leaves a ...
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These species are now extinct, a 'tragic and sobering moment'

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

Biotech company utilizing artificial eggs to resurrect extinct species

Colossal Biosciences' goal is to use the eggs to help resurrect the moa, a bird from New Zealand that went extinct 600 years ...
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Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats – but where’s the evidence?

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia’s “gentle and specialized creatures” were “unable to cope with changed conditions and introduced enemies”. The role of these “enemies” ...