Extinction

These thanatoptic tableaus by the artist TokyoGenso depict Japan's capital once the human race has moved on to greener pastures. Nature's taken over, and the drone of the metropolis has been replaced by the wind rustling through vines.

New gene-editing technology could revive everything from the passenger pigeon to the woolly mammoth. But should scientists be playing God?

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“Extinct, a poster series, highlights species facing the threat of extinction. Each poster contains information in a format that visually promot...

Protests against climate change and ecological destruction are currently taking place across the world – we speak to graphic designer, Clive Russell, about how the eco group has used creativity to activate, enrage and involve people in the movement.

"We as humans are connected to animals through our origins. If we don't value them, we might lose them, and lose part of ourselves in the process."

The asteroid in question is widely believed to have slammed into Earth around 66 million years ago off the Yucatán Peninsula

And whether it can, and should, be brought back to life a century after it disappeared. Originally published in Audubon Magazine. Reprinted in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015, edited by Rebecca Skloot (Mariner Books, 2015). “Men still live who, in their youth, remember pigeons; trees still live who, in their youth, were shaken by […]

Someone on Facebook mentioned that in an alternate universe we could have domesticated the dodo instead of pushing them to extinction. So yeah tag yourself I'm Wingless Blue. Patreon • Ko-fi •...