Prehistoric fossils dating back to the Ice Age discovered in South Louisiana. What prehistoric animals used to roam Louisiana ...

Tragically, gill nets—which hang vertically and trap fish by their gills—are entangling dolphins and driving them toward extinction. Without urgent action, these cooperative, curious creatures ...

This now-extinct animal stood about 2.5 feet tall at the shoulder and had notable long, curved horns. Sadly, the bluebuck disappeared around the year 1800, mainly because of overhunting and having ...

"We are on the cusp of something really important," Faegre said, per Radio New Zealand. "This species has a chance — not just to survive, but to thrive again." To do your part in supporting ...

GHENT, WV (WVNS) — Will we be the last generation to see fireflies dancing through our night skies? Well, we were curious about just that and decided to ask an expert their opinion. Summer ...

Mastodon is the latest platform to push back against AI training, updating its terms and conditions to ban the use of user content for large language models (LLMs). "We want to make it clear," the ...

“ We want to make it clear that training LLMs on the data of Mastodon users on our instances is not permitted. The updated terms go into effect July 1 and aim to block any kind of automated data ...

blue and brown lizard on brown sand during daytime. Image via Unsplash. In the intricate tapestry of Earth’s biodiversity, extinction is often seen as the final chapter in the story of a species.

I don't have any technical or legal insight to add to this, but I can say with confidence that this TOS change is a bad look and, right or wrong, open source projects like Mastodon are always going to ...

Day said fireflies will likely be around for generations to come. "It's extreme to say that this is the last generation we're gonna see them, I think definitely we're going to see them for many ...

Back in 1982, biologist Daniel Janzen and paleontologist Paul Martin suggested that many tropical trees evolved oversized, sugary fruits specifically to lure now-extinct megafauna. These included ...