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Hitchhiking DNA picked up by gene, saves a species from extinction - EurekAlert!

Why Do Women Outlive Men? Evolution’s Secret Revealed Across 1,000 Species

And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct. The shrew's extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country.

New 'Megaraptor' Species Found With Shocking Last Meal Still in Its Mouth

Scientists Discover New “Ghost” Species of Marsupial, Closely Related to the Kangaroo

Did This Species Bury Its Dead 120,000 Years Before Us? New Claims Reignite Debate

Hybridization between species has been crucial to the survival of Europe’s most threatened seabird - EurekAlert!

Ant Queens Birth Hybrid Offspring Using Another Species' Sperm

Wading through the noise: new audio tool pinpoints river species - EurekAlert!

Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with

Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species

We will soon be able to talk with other species. Which will be first?

Scientists Split Giraffes Into Four Species. Three Are In Trouble.

Most of Earth’s species came from explosive bursts of evolution

New study confirms “abrupt changes” underway in Antarctica. These abrupt changes include a rapid decline in sea-ice coverage, weakening of ice sheet and ice shelf stability, and population declines in some marine and terrestrial species, due to habitat loss.

Gene that differs between humans and Neanderthals could shed light on the species' disappearance, mouse study suggests

'It makes no sense to say there was only one origin of Homo sapiens': How the evolutionary record of Asia is complicating what we know about our species. As experts study the human fossil record of Asia, many have come to see it as telling a different story than what happened in Europe and Africa.

First transfer of behavior between species through single gene manipulation - EurekAlert!

What 1,500-Year-Old Poo Reveals About Vanishing Species

Squashing the spotted lanternfly problem may require enlisting other species