Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

Indicator species are living organisms that tell us that something has changed or is going to change in their environment. They can be easily observed, and studying them is considered a cost ...

Unlike most other bird species, the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species ...

Keystone species examples come in many shapes and sizes. Some are big (grizzly bears), some are small (starfish), and some are vegans (elephants). Learn more about keystone species and the entire ...

The Hell Creek Formation in what's now the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming was once home to some of the world's most beloved dinosaurs, like Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex (including SUE, one of ...

Could a lunar Noah's Ark preserve species facing extinction? These scientists think so. If calamity strikes our planet, a team at the Smithsonian argues that the only way to protect the DNA of at ...

To date, scientists have collected samples of live colonies, skeletons and genetic material of 200 coral species and stored them safely — but, to put that into perspective, there are about 1,000 ...

Nature gave the world the dire wolf 2.6 million years ago, and then, through the hard hand of extinction, took it away—some 10,000 to 13,000 years ago when the last of the species died out.Now ...

After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines and drains inside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China — a site ...