Scientists believe that 8.7 million species of animals in the world have so far been classified. And, despite their best efforts, it’s estimated that there are still 5 million species to be described.

An Italian scientist has been found dead in Colombia, according to local authorities, after several pieces of a human body were discovered lying on a path in the coastal city of Santa Marta on Sunday.

De-extinction science has progressed since then. In April 2025, scientists announced the birth of three "dire wolf" pups thanks to genetic engineering. Dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus) lived during ...

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阿纳托利·布戈尔斯基（Anatoli Bugorski）把头伸进粒子加速器中，被高能质子束穿头而过，他在这一瞬间承受的辐射量，相当于10个切尔诺贝利。 布戈尔斯基用最后的意志写下遗嘱，安静的坐在办公室的椅子上等待死亡，然而令人惊叹的是，他非但没有死 ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in ... 3D-Printed Open-Source ...

Liam Kelleher and Alice Philips from the University of Birmingham carry out microplastics research at Ny-Ålesund in Norway (Credit: Iain Rudkin) Scientists in the high Arctic are lifting their ...