One third of extinct animals turn up again

Fingers crossed for a long shot on the T-rex... It could happen...

we will make sure it comes to your house when it is hungry,

I knew i had seen a dodo at the KFC

I find this formulation rather interesting 'conservationists are oversestimating extinction, say scientists'. These 'conservationists' are in fact also scientists, not an obscure group of people making doomsday forecasts! While it's true that some species do re-appear I would take these findings with a pinch of salt, most examples of the animals listed live in fairly remote habitats were small populations are more likely to recover. Commercially exploited species that are specifically targetted are unlikely to suddenly re-appear. Yeah, IMO, this is merely propaganda.

Well they might show up alive, but I would hardly say "well" if they have been reduced to the state of disappearing for decades. Unless thousands can hide in remote places they would still be considered endangered. Human activity is crowding out animals and causing a global extinction. I'm not blaming anyone..it is just a simple easily observed fact. Just wait until global warming (with both human activity and natural cycles currently causing it) starts making the oceans alkaline, which is already starting, that is when animal/floral diversity is really going to start falling fast.

Well they might show up alive, but I would hardly say "well" if they have been reduced to the state of disappearing for decades. Unless thousands can hide in remote places they would still be considered endangered. Human activity is crowding out animals and causing a global extinction. I'm not blaming anyone..it is just a simple easily observed fact. Just wait until global warming (with both human activity and natural cycles currently causing it) starts making the oceans alkaline, which is already starting, that is when animal/floral diversity is really going to start falling fast. Sadly, you'... [More]

I do agree that just because we can't find any doesn't necessarily mean they're actually extinct. It's not like we can guarantee finding something that we're looking for, even if it exists. (come onnnnn, thylacines)

They're numbers still gotta be declining if they can disappear for 80+ years with no sightings. On a different note, a bunch of Governors in western states are trying to bypass endangered species laws to start unregulated hunting of the Gray Wolf again. Apparently 1300 in the wild is too large of a number. edit:typo

I HATE those b******* for that. Why do I hate most people? They suck thats why.

I think I'm missing the point of this article. Finding a tiny population that's managing to breed (for now) doesn't really make much difference when the species is at such a low number. Genetic Diversity and all. So they aren't extinct yet as we thought. The numbers are still most likely to low to prevent extinction at that point anyway.