extinction

Sixty-six million years ago, a meteor struck Earth just off the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Dinosaurs and 75 percent of the species on the planet went extinct – but what happened to the flora and fauna that survived?Scientists from the University of Wyoming (UW) are part of an interdisciplinary team working to answer that exact question. Using clues from the fossil record, the researchers are traveling back in time to better understand how life rebounded after such a cataclysmic event.

Fantasy author Lucas Zellers has partnered with the Center for Biological Diversity to make a manual for Dungeons & Dragons players that features real-life extinct species as fantasized monsters.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a regulation change under the Endangered Species Act that would allow some species to be introduced outside their historical ranges. With more flexibility some endangered and threatened species could be moved to other suitable habitats.

The University of Wyoming is part of a collaboration that has identified 65 extinct plants in North America.North Carolina Natural Heritage botanist Wes…