Hacker News with Generative AI: Extinction

Coffea stenophylla: A forgotten bean that could save coffee from extinction (smithsonianmag.com)
One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full

Coffee, Botany, Climate Change, Extinction, Agriculture

166 points by derbOac 2 days ago | 132 comments

"Wooly mice" a test run for mammoth gene editing (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is calling wooly mice, which have long fur reminiscent of the woolly mammoth.

Genetics, Extinction, Animals, Science

5 points by rbanffy 30 days ago | 0 comments

"Wooly mice" a test run for mammoth gene editing (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is calling wooly mice, which have long fur reminiscent of the woolly mammoth.

Genetics, Biology, Conservation, Extinction

70 points by LorenDB 30 days ago | 62 comments

Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice (theguardian.com)
A plan to revive the mammoth is on track, scientists have said after creating a new species: the woolly mouse.

Science, Genetics, Extinction, Animals, Biology

18 points by n1b0m 31 days ago | 2 comments

Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. Can a vaccine save them in time? (bbc.com)
This hospital is ground zero of a grim chlamydia epidemic which is killing thousands of koalas and making even more sterile, pushing the national icons to the brink of extinction.

Wildlife, Conservation, Health, Australia, Extinction

6 points by peutetre 94 days ago | 0 comments

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas (phys.org)
For a long time, scientists believed the first humans to arrive in the Americas soon killed off these giant ground sloths through hunting, along with many other massive animals like mastodons, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves that once roamed North and South America.

Paleontology, Archaeology, Extinction, History, North America

75 points by wglb 102 days ago | 22 comments

Mummy of juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from Upper Pleistocene (nature.com)
The frozen mummy of the large felid cub was found in the Upper Pleistocene permafrost on the Badyarikha River (Indigirka River basin) in the northeast of Yakutia, Russia.

Paleontology, Pleistocene, Siberia, Extinction, Ancient Animals

55 points by bryanrasmussen 131 days ago | 23 comments

'The sixth great extinction is happening', conservation expert warns (bbc.com)
“We’re in the midst of the sixth great extinction,” Dr Goodall tells me during our interview for BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science. “The more we can do to restore nature and protect existing forests, the better.”

Conservation, Extinction, Environment, Science

8 points by Brajeshwar 136 days ago | 1 comments

'The sixth great extinction is happening', conservation expert warns (bbc.com)
“We’re in the midst of the sixth great extinction,” Dr Goodall tells me during our interview for BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science. “The more we can do to restore nature and protect existing forests, the better.”

Conservation, Extinction, Climate Change, Environment

3 points by austinallegro 137 days ago | 1 comments

28.000 Year Old Immaculate Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Found in Siberian Permafrost (gizmodo.com)
Discovered several years ago, this remarkably preserved saber-tooth cub is offering a rare glimpse into its species and life as it existed over 30,000 years ago.

Paleontology, Siberia, Archaeology, Pleistocene Era, Extinction

7 points by hochmartinez 139 days ago | 0 comments

Wild animals are spiraling to extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them? (vox.com)
Starting this week, thousands of people will descend on the Colombian city of Cali for an important meeting you may have never heard of: COP16.

Conservation, Extinction, Environmental Policy, Colombia, International Meetings

93 points by rntn 164 days ago | 72 comments

How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct? (yahoo.com)
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Paleontology, Evolution, Extinction, Birds, Dinosaurs

28 points by isaacfrond 186 days ago | 8 comments

Polynesian Dog (wikipedia.org)
The Polynesian Dog refers to a few extinct varieties of domesticated dogs from the islands of Polynesia.

Polynesia, Dogs, Extinction, History, Animals

5 points by thunderbong 186 days ago | 0 comments

Where Did the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Come From? (nautil.us)
The story of the doom-bringing rock may help us prevent a repeat catastrophe.

Space, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Science, History

21 points by jnord 192 days ago | 15 comments

Neanderthals' social isolation may have sped up their extinction (popsci.com)
Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones, scientists have found a new Neanderthal lineage that likely did not have a lot of interaction with others from its species.

Neanderthals, Extinction, Genetics, Paleontology, Social Behavior

25 points by geox 204 days ago | 14 comments

Endling (wikipedia.org)

Endling, Video Games, Animals, Extinction

19 points by geox 221 days ago | 0 comments

Bananas almost went extinct 70 years ago – Now a deadly fungus is trying again (studyfinds.org)

Bananas, Extinction, Fungus, Agriculture, Science

23 points by Brajeshwar 221 days ago | 11 comments

Scientists believe they now know where the dinosaur-killing asteroid came from (cbc.ca)

Space, Science, Paleontology, Asteroids, Extinction

7 points by worldvoyageur 231 days ago | 1 comments

Conservation-induced extinction (wikipedia.org)