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Great penguins once lived in much warmer waters, but then retreated to the Southern Ocean. In a warming world, they might be able to shift their range again.

It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe” Uili and I have paused our hike, counting the seconds between coo calls from an unseen pigeon hidden in t...

Despite what you are being fed, de-extinction is a con, full of gloss, bullshit and ghoulish greed.

A PNAS Nexus study records 220 species extinctions in Macaronesia, including half of all endemic birds, with losses accelerating over 12-fold after human colonisation in the 15th Century. The Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cape Verde have lost snails, reptiles, arthropods and birds, prompting calls for urgent conservation and habitat restoration to protect their fragile biodiversity.

There has been a resurgence in discussions of de-extinction, also known as resurrection biology or species revivalism. Discussions were sparked by the news that the biotech company Colossal Bioscience...

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The discovery of yet another unique animal species from Rēkohu Chatham Islands illustrates how the physical qualities of an animal are influenced by its surroundings.

Many birds on Rēkohu Chatham Islands show how ‘island syndrome’ influences evolution – they are distinct but remain closely related to species on the mainland.

Scientist says new species described from 25-million-year-old fossil found in Victoria ‘was a gnarly whale I wouldn’t want to get in the water with’

Or, a Colossal Pile of Bullshit