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Real-life King Kong died out due to its diet
1-6-2016 |
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A prehistoric species of giant ape went extinct because it couldn't adapt to its changing environment.
Extinct giant tortoises could live again
12-10-2015 | 8
Scientists are hoping to breed hybrid tortoises in a renewed attempt to resurrect two extinct subspecies.
Fungus could drive bananas to extinction
VIDEO 12-2-2015 | 10
Researchers have warned that a deadly type of fungus could devastate banana crops around the world.
Supervolcanoes helped seal dinosaurs' fate
10-2-2015 | 4
The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs might have also produced intense volcanic activity.
Can mankind survive a 6th mass extinction ?
8-13-2015 | 25
Scientists have warned that the human race may be just as likely to disappear as a rare animal species.
Ancient volcano cluster found near Sydney
VIDEO 7-14-2015 | 6
Four extinct volcanoes dating back 50 million years have been found on the ocean floor in Australia.
The hunt for a live Tasmanian tiger continues
7-12-2015 | 24
Michael Moss has spent the last two decades hunting for surviving members of the long extinct species.
Earth's sixth mass extinction may be underway
6-20-2015 | 20
With species disappearing in their thousands our planet may be on the verge of a mass extinction event.
Wild 'virgin-born' sawfish are a world first
6-2-2015 | 8
Smalltooth sawfish in Florida appear to have developed a novel new way of escaping their own extinction.
Acid oceans blamed for worst mass extinction
4-12-2015 | 2
An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs ?
2-23-2015 | 29
Scientists have suggested that dark matter might be the main culprit in mass extinction events.
Asteroid firestorm didn't kill the dinosaurs
1-24-2015 | 15
Scientists believe that a long winter, not an inferno, was most likely to blame for their extinction.
DNA extracted from extinct giant kangaroo
1-17-2015 | 5
Scientists have been able to extract the DNA from two extinct behemoths that lived 45,000 years ago.
Scientists challenge 'Yeti' DNA results
12-18-2014 | 26
DNA thought to be from an extinct polar bear in the Himalayas might actually belong to something else.
Are we on the verge of a 6th mass extinction?
12-16-2014 | 18
Earth could see three quarters of its animal species go extinct within the next few decades.
Richard Dawkins proposes 'cosmic tombstone'
10-24-2014 | 32
The evolutionary biologist has suggested sending a record of our civilization out in to space.
Megalodon extinction gave whales a boost
10-24-2014 | 25
The disappearance of the world's biggest shark may have enabled whales to grow to huge sizes.
Northern white rhinos on brink of extinction
10-19-2014 | 33
One of the last remaining northern white rhinos has died leaving only six left alive in the whole world.
Prehistoric kangaroo walked like a human
10-18-2014 | 9
The extinct sthenurine kangaroo weighed a quarter of a ton and looked a bit like a giant bipedal rabbit.
Machu Picchu home to giant 'extinct' rat
9-28-2014 | 8
A species of rat thought to be extinct has been rediscovered near the Incan city's ruins in Peru.
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