Scientists have suggested saving life on Earth by keeping it on the moon in a modern space-age Noah's Ark. This "lunar biorepository" could store cryopreserved samples from the most endangered species ...

A group of scientists concerned about the thousands of species facing extinction believes that their salvation lies not here on Earth but more than 230,000 miles above it. If calamity strikes our ...

As warming sea temperatures and pollution continue to degrade the world's coral reefs at an unprecedented rate, scientists are investigating the feasibility of preserving them — in outer space. The ...

Wildlife biologists are sharing "a lot of good news coming out of ferret world" in the fight to save North America's critically endangered black-footed ferret. In Pueblo County, there's evidence of at ...

A storage center on the Moon could serve as a backup resource for the biological record and for genetic resurrection attempts. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Could the moon soon be home to frozen biological samples of Earth's endangered creatures? New ...

The vault would rely on its remoteness from human-made disasters and the Moon's naturally low temperatures to cryogenically preserve animal skin samples. Reading time 2 minutes Alarmed by the growing ...

In an ambitious effort to protect Earth’s biodiversity, scientists are proposing the creation of a lunar biorepository — a vault on the moon that would store the cryopreserved cells of millions of ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories ...