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A search for a fish lost to extinction led to a brand-new species hiding in a South African river.

Researchers identified a new freshwater fish species in South Africa after years of genetic testing and analysis.

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The past year brought a glimmer of positive conservation news as several animal species thought to be extinct were rediscovered. Species have gone extinct at a much higher rate than is expected with ...

A Sierra Nevada red fox captured and collared for the first time in the southern Sierra may prove to be the key to saving the ...

Perri Nemiroff is the 2025 Press Award winner at the ICG Publicists Awards. She's the senior producer at Collider where she hosts and produces the interview series, Collider Ladies Night, a show ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Researchers are working to bring back extinct animals like the woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon, operating under the belief that reviving such species could restore vanishing habitats. But many ...