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One Female Left: Wolves May Go Extinct in Michigan National Park

The last pack of wolves in a Michigan national park is near extinction. Should humans intervene?
32,000 Year-Old Flower Has Rebloomed

Fruit tissue found in a fossilized squirrel burrow is brought back to life with growth hormones and new plants bloom after a 30,000 year hiatus
Sumatran Elephants Could Be Extinct Within 30 Years

Over the next three decades, the human population is projected to reach 9 billion people. In that same time, Sumatran elephants, currently numbering around 2,500, are expected to reach zero.
Monkey Thought Extinct is Rediscovered in Indonesia

In a surprise twist, researchers capture photographs of a species believed to have been lost to the ages.
Biodiversity Loss Versus Climate Change: Which is Worse?

Scientists fighting for political action say biobiversity loss is worse than climate change.
Alan Rabinowitz, Defender of the Big Cats (Podcast)

In a tireless career, Alan Rabinowitz has accomplished more than most people can even dream, establishing some of the largest animal reserves in the world from South America to Asia.
Giant Tortoise Species May Not Be So Extinct After All

They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.
Did Mercury Cause "The Mother of All Extinctions" During Permian Period?

Scientists find another stressor contributing to the massive extinctions that killed almost all marine life and the majority of life on land.
Climate News Recap: Heat Record Ratios Rise, Underestimated Extinction Rates & More on Siberian Methane

Here's what's catching our eye in the latest climate headlines. Mostly grim stuff no doubt but this is the climate we're creating, and being forced to adapt to. Time to face the music.
2011: The Year in Animal Extinctions

This was not a good year for critically endangered animals. At least one species jumped the fence to extinction and several others slid dangerously close to the brink.
Summer Rayne Oakes and Director Clayton Haskell Encapsulate the Planet's Dilemma in the Strikingly Personal "eXtinction"

The short film from TreeHugger friend Summer Rayne Oakes and Director Clayton Haskell has been nominated for two awards.
Scientists Close to Reviving Wooly Mammoths From Extinction

Some 450 generations after our ancestors armed themselves with sharpened sticks to kill mammoths, scientists are now working to revive them -- and they're actually incredibly close to doing it.
Extinction Looms for an Entire Genus of Mammal

Hirola, a distinctive-looking African antelope, are fast-declining in their dwindling habitat, teetering on the brink of extinction due to droughts fueled by climate change and a slew of other destructive human activities.
Uncovered Film Footage Offers Rare Look at an Extinct Bird (Video)

rare footage of extinct woodpecker
Bird Thought Extinct for 150 Years Makes a Comeback

Every day, countless threatened and endangered species inch ever closer to the point of extinction -- but it's rare indeed to have one, thought lost to the ages, make such a comeback. For over 150 years, biologists believed a
The Week in Animal News: Bear Drives a Prius, Suffocating Fish and More (Slideshow)

It's been a rough week overall for animals on TreeHugger: a bear totaled a Toyota Prius his first time behind the wheel, fish are suffocating in the Texas drought, and a seagull was kicked to death in New York by a man "walking for
Largest Mass of Water Discovered

Astronomers have discovered the largest mass of water known to exist. So we humans can go right on mucking up our frail planet's meager reserves of fresh water, we know where to find plenty more? But wait, there's a
Substitute Tortoises Help Repair an Island Ecosystem

For thousands of years, on the small island of Ile aux Aigretts in the Indian Ocean, ebony trees and giant tortoises shared a symbiotic relationship. The trees provided food for the tortoises, who, in turn, distributed their