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Colossal Biosciences wants to breed its de-extincted 'dire wolf' pups
VIDEO May 10, 2026A firm that claims to have brought the extinct dire wolf back to life is hoping to create a breeding population of the animals.
Mystery surrounds remote village where half the population is deaf
Apr 22, 2025A village nestled in the Turkish hills is home to an ongoing mystery that scientists are struggling to explain.
Study challenges idea that Easter Island's people committed 'ecocide'
Jun 24, 2024There may have simply been a much smaller population of people living on the island all along.
New study finds link between Bigfoot sightings and bear populations
Jan 22, 2024New research suggests that black bears could account for a significant percentage of Bigfoot sightings.
40% of the world's population believes in witches, study claims
Nov 24, 2022Belief in witches and witchcraft is so widespread that in some countries as many as 9 in 10 people believe in them.
Mysterious town in Japan is obsessed with UFOs and aliens
VIDEO Jan 17, 2022With a population of just 1,900, the small and curious town of Iino lies just outside of Fukushima city.
Missing persons 'eaten by Yowie', hunter claims
Sep 12, 2021One Australian man is absolutely convinced that the Yowie - Australia's answer to Bigfoot - is the real deal.
Tracker: UK has 'viable population' of big cats
Oct 12, 2020One of the UK's top big cat trackers believes that there is a viable, breeding population of exotic cats in the wild.
750M GM mosquitoes to be released in Florida
Jun 19, 2020A plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes has been condemned as a 'Jurassic Park experiment'.
'Murder hornets' have reportedly entered the US
VIDEO May 3, 2020An invasive species of giant hornet has the potential to devastate honey bee populations, experts have warned.
Gorillas may also be susceptible to coronavirus
Mar 30, 2020Researchers have warned that COVID-19 may pose a serious risk to endangered gorilla populations in Africa.
Mammoths survived until just 4,000 years ago
Oct 10, 2019A population of woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth at the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built.
'Miracle' as bees survive Notre Dame blaze
VIDEO Apr 20, 2019Three hives containing a population of over 180,000 bees were left unscathed by this week's devastating fire.
Insect decline could cause 'collapse of nature'
Feb 11, 2019A new comprehensive review has highlighted a worrying decline in insect populations across the world.
Gorillas are starting to develop webbed feet
Dec 30, 2018An ever-shrinking gene pool due to population decline has been producing some unexpected mutations.
'Bugpocalypse' sees major decline in insects
Oct 16, 2018A worrying new study has highlighted the catastrophic effects of global warming on insect populations.
Hawking feared rise of enhanced 'superhumans'
Oct 14, 2018The late physicist predicted that genetic engineering will ultimately render half of the world's population obsolete.
It's official - cats are rubbish at catching rats
Sep 30, 2018A new study has cast doubt on the practice of releasing cats in to cities to help curb rat populations.
Mountain gorilla population now exceeds 1,000
May 31, 2018Conservationists have reported that the number of gorillas in one region of Rwanda has now doubled.
Aztec epidemic mystery may have been solved
Jan 16, 2018500 years ago, a deadly epidemic known as 'cocoliztli' killed nearly 80 per cent of the Aztec population.
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