species
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Colossal Biosciences claims to be on the road to reviving another extinct species.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Ruth Williams co-authored the report by environmental charities, which for the first time attempted to put a figure on the amount of protected species being killed each year.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"The vast number of fossil whale falls documented, including a new species of beaked whale, is truly amazing and is of major importance to understanding whale evolution and whale distributions over geologic time," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The connectome may also reveal basic principles that apply to nervous systems across species, including humans.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Not even twenty minutes had passed after we’d scarfed down the entire plate of cookies, when Tamika’s gut interrupted my explanation of mutations in DNA over thousands of generations to create a new species.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing species
Tyrannosaurus Lex(icon)
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"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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