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Meet the 'Echidnapus,' an Extinct Creature That Resembles Both the Echidna and Platypus of Today
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoToday, egg-laying mammals are rare oddballs, with creatures like the platypus and echidna standing...
A plan to mine lithium could eradicate a Nevada flower. Is extinction just the cost of green energy?
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"Further the line will create a large open pit...deep. This pit is just feet from buckwheat plants."...
Koalas debut next week at Brookfield Zoo Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoA pair of cute, fuzzy koalas are ready to make history at Brookfield Zoo Chicago next week. Brumby and Willum, the 2-year-old male koalas who recently...
Ancient whodunit solved: Hunters drove wooly rhinos to extinction | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 22 hours agoHuman hunters helped drive woolly rhinos to extinction around 12,000 years ago, suggests a new...
A fish washed ashore in Oregon. It was a recently discovered species.
New Hampshire Union Leader· 4 days agoSeaside Aquarium thought a common sunfish had washed up on the Oregon coast earlier this month and...
The Koala Paradox
The Atlantic· 2 days agoFour months earlier, when Emerson was admitted to Northern Rivers Koala Hospital, in New South Wales, Australia, he was so small that volunteers had to...
New "koala-ty" residents coming to Brookfield Zoo
CBS News· 5 days agoStarting June 18, Brumby and Willum, two male koalas, will make their debut.
Ending native forest logging would help Australia’s climate goals much more than planting trees
The Conversation· 5 days agoAustralia contains some of the world’s most biologically diverse and carbon-dense native forests. Eucalypts in wet temperate forests are the tallest flowering plants in the ...
Releasing Baby Cane Toads Teaches Predators to Avoid Toxic Adults
Scientific American· 2 days agoThe yellow-spotted monitor, a big lizard found mainly in Australia, has been especially hard-hit:...
12 Incredible UNESCO World Heritage Sites That Mix Nature and Culture
AFAR· 21 hours agoYes, all UNESCO World Heritage sites are special by definition. A few are famous: Machu Picchu,...