They cause deadly diseases and brainwash crickets to leap into ponds, so why are conservationists fighting to save parasites from extinction? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432540-500-parasites-are-going-extinct-in-droves-and-we-should-be-very-worried/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tag: Extinct
Government file details new thylacine sightings
A recently released government document has revealed 8 new sightings of the ‘extinct’ animal in the last 3 years. One of the best known recent example… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331326/government-file-details-new-thylacine-sightings…
Tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ thanks to fast evolution
New research suggests that the tiny human species – that survived until about 18,000 years ago, later than any human species other than our own – evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/tiny-extinct-hobbit-human-species-fast-evolution…
The last mammoths died on a remote island
A new study suggests that about 4,000 years ago, a combination of Isolation, extreme weather, and the arrival of humans on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean killed off Earth’s last population of mammoths. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/last-wooly-mammoths-died-on-remote-island…
Why Humans’ Extinct ‘Hobbit’ Relatives Were So Small
The diminutive size of the extinct human relative called the Hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, could come down to really fast evolution. Source: https://www.livescience.com/why-hobbits-were-so-small.html
Automatic License Plate Readers Are Making Getaway Cars Extinct
An anonymous reader shares a report: On Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Total Choice Credit Union in Laplace, Louisiana was robbed. At approximately 3:06 pm, a man in his early thirties walked in wearing jeans, a white shirt, sunglasses, and a brown dreadlock wig, according to a now-unsealed complaint filed last month in US federal court. He passed a handwritten note to…
Why leaves change color in fall
The vivid yellows and oranges of autumn leaves are there throughout spring and summer, but hidden. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/why-do-tree-leaves-turn-red-in-fall…
These giant croc-like carnivores terrorized Triassic dinosaurs
Researchers have identified fossil remains as belonging to rauisuchians, predatory crocodile-like animals that fed on early dinosaurs and mammal relatives 210 million years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/extinct-giant-croclike-carnivores-triassic-rauisuchian…
CRISPR Might Be the Banana’s Only Hope Against a Deadly Fungus
An anonymous reader quotes Nature:
The race to engineer the next-generation banana is on. The Colombian government confirmed last month that a banana-killing fungus has invaded the Americas — the source of much of the world’s banana supply. The invasion has given new urgency to efforts to create fruit that can withstand the scourge. Scientists are using a mix of approaches to…
Extinct Denisovan Woman Gets Her First Portrait Thanks to DNA from Her Pinky Bone
Scientists have recreated the face of a Denisovan woman — an ancient human who went extinct tens of thousands of years ago — using a groundbreaking DNA analysis. Source: https://www.livescience.com/Denisovan-facial-reconstruction-dna-methylation.html