“Other large animals also go extinct,” like giant bears, sloths and other megafauna. Humans did their damage as well; their arrowheads have been found near mastodon skeletons. “The people ...

Its rival offering, Threads, has attracted about 300 million users, far outpacing alternatives such as Bluesky and Mastodon. Now advocates of Bluesky and Mastodon are moving to fortify the ...

Replacing X is an ongoing project. Bluesky is currently the network growing the fastest, but both Threads and Mastodon have had growth spurts in the past few years. If you're like me, there are ...

Mastodon is now shifting to a nonprofit model, stepping away from its founder Eugen Rochko’s sole control, and embracing its original vision of decentralization. The platform, founded in 2016 ...

The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a tangible prospect. The organizations ...

Learn More Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth. Dallas- and Boston-based Colossal is making strides in the ...

"To kick off 2025, BabyCenter looked at the names that are sharply declining in popularity and could be headed for extinction this year," the company said in a news release Thursday. "These are the ...

These names — and more — are among the entries on BabyCenter’s latest list of 2025’s “Baby Names at Risk of Going Extinct,” as based on data submitted by registered users of the ...

But a new study hints that maybe we aren’t so special. A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert ...

Digital rendering of the long-extinct woolly mammoth. Courtesy Colossal Biosciences The woolly mammoth could be brought back from extinction in just three years’ time—that is, if everything ...