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Major new project aims to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger
Aug 16, 2022The new multi-million dollar endeavor will attempt to bring the extinct species back to life via genetic restoration.
'Extinct' giant tortoise found alive on Galapagos Islands
Jun 12, 2022Scientists have discovered a tortoise belonging to a species thought to have died out 100 years ago.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
Apr 28, 2022A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Well preserved dinosaur leg may be from the actual day of the asteroid strike
Apr 15, 2022Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.
Shards of dinosaur-killing asteroid found preserved in amber
Apr 9, 2022Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
Ivory-billed woodpecker joins extinction list
Oct 1, 2021The distinctive bird is among 23 species in the US that are about to be declared officially extinct by authorities.
New $15M firm aims to de-extinct the mammoth
Sep 13, 2021A UFO hunter has teamed up with a Harvard geneticist in a renewed effort to bring mammoths back to life.
'Living fossil' discovered after 273M years
May 10, 2021Scientists have discovered an ancient symbiotic relationship off Japan that was long thought to be extinct.
'Extinct' bird rediscovered after 170 years
Mar 4, 2021An extremely rare bird that hadn't been seen in almost two centuries has turned up again in Indonesia.
Geomagnetic reversal linked to mass extinction
Feb 21, 2021Scientists believe that a historic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may have proven catastrophic.
Investigator: 'Nessie related to extinct whale'
Feb 21, 2021An American cryptozoologist has put forward a possible new explanation for the Loch Ness Monster.
Thylacines survived until the 90s, study claims
Jan 31, 2021A new study has suggested that the Tasmanian tiger may have survived all the way up until relatively recently.
Unseen footage of thylacine cub unearthed
VIDEO Dec 16, 2020Researchers have been scouring Australia's archives for long-lost video clips of the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
Dec 14, 2020Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Thylacine documentary wins $50,000 grant
VIDEO Apr 11, 2020A proposed Tasmanian tiger documentary will now go ahead after winning the Pitch Australiana competition.
Previously unseen thylacine footage unearthed
VIDEO Mar 13, 2020Researchers have discovered extremely rare black-and-white footage of the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
Last mammoths lost the ability to smell flowers
Feb 9, 2020By 'resurrecting' the DNA of extinct mammoths, scientists have learned what may have contributed to their demise.
Who was responsible for the 'Devil's trail' ?
Jan 29, 2020Researchers have shed new light on a trail of fossil footprints found along the side of an extinct volcano.
Volcanism ruled out in dino extinction debate
Jan 18, 2020A new study has suggested that it was an asteroid strike, not volcanism, that ultimately wiped out the dinosaurs.
Government file details new thylacine sightings
Oct 17, 2019A recently released government document has revealed 8 new sightings of the 'extinct' animal in the last 3 years.
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