New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

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The Edinburgh jeweler Hamilton & Inches has created a 10-piece collection with the largest of the almost 200 freshwater pearls it acquired in a private sale. By Jill Newman In the Scottish Highlands, ...

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Extinction rates appear to have slowed since their peak in the early 1900s, suggesting not a reprieve for nature but a shift in how and where losses occur. Much of the damage was concentrated on ...

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Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out ...

A biotech startup is taking the first real steps towards bringing the dodo bird back from extinction. No one has seen this bird since the late 17th century, but that doesn't mean it has been forgotten ...

It's a moment that thrift shoppers can only dream about. A lucky thrifter’s $10 purchase at a local shop turned into a major score after a jeweler confirmed that a striking "black pearl" necklace was, ...