If scientists in Brazil have their way, the populations of eight endangered species could soon expand through a mass effort to clone them. The project is spearheaded by the Brasilia Zoologic... Read more
Coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea. In a delicate operation at sea, 28 healthy laboratory-raised staghorn coral colonies were transplanted last month by our Nova Southeastern Univers... Read more
It is the first time the technique has proved successful in the cat family AUSTRALIAN scientists have produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of an adult snow leopard for t... Read more
Advances in genetics may change aspects of environmental policy in the future. Protecting endangered species is a legitimate goal for public policy. But we cannot expect that public p... Read more
Advances in genetics may change aspects of environmental policy in the future. Protecting endangered species is a legitimate goal for public policy. But we cannot expect that public p... Read more
The best way to manage extinctions is to preserve species and their habitats Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cell... Read more
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Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about changing biodiversity, have been uploaded to the Encyclopedia of Life via new tools that let the public contribute as n... Read more