Extinct News
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A giant prehistoric fish once thought to be extinct could be the solution to the worsening invasion of non-native Asian carp that is choking U.S. rivers and crowding out local species.
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The Sumatran rhino has been declared extinct by a recently published study and now their survival depends on fewer than 100 rhinos in Indonesia.
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In what is quite an amazing discovery, scientists have confirmed that a bracelet found in Siberia is 40,000 years old. This makes it the oldest piece of jewelry ever discovered, and archeologists have been taken aback by the level of its sophistication.
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San Diego -
The extinction clock is ticking ever-closer to the day when the world will see the very last Northern white rhino pass into extinction. The San Diego Zoo lost Angalifu, a 44-year old Northern white rhino who died of old age on Sunday.
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The Gilbert's potoroo, or rat-kangaroo is Australia's most endangered animal and one of the world's most endangered mammals. Thought to be extinct in the, 30 of the animals were rediscovered in 1994. With careful conservation, there are now 100.
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The Aldabra banded snail was last sighted in 1996 and declared extinct in 2007, with the blame placed squarely on climate change. However, it has since been "rediscovered." This has led to a debate about the accuracy of the original research.
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The European bison is the heaviest surviving wild animal in Europe today. The animals went extinct in the wild in 1927 when the last one was killed by poachers in the western Caucasus. The only bison left were to be found in zoos across Europe.
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Covering most of North Africa, the Sahara Desert is the world's largest tropical desert, covering 3.6 million sq. miles, about the size of Brazil. Largely undeveloped, the Sahara has one of the harshest ecosystems to survive in, for humans and wildlife.
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Johannesburg -
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation network, has declared the western black rhino subspecies as extinct. From 2007 to 2012, rhino poaching has increased 5000%.
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A fly that was declared extinct over a century ago appears to have come 'back from the dead'. Researchers in Europe were interested to find it had not vanished after all.
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London -
An egg, belonging to an extinct elephant bird is going up for auction in London. The rare egg is anticipated to fetch up to $45,000 when it goes on sale.
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Delhi -
Three men have been arrested at Delhi's International Airport trying to smuggle rare primates, called "slender lorises," in their underwear. Apparently, the bulge is what gave them away.
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Guayaquil -
The famous Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdoni) known to the international nature community and all environmentalists as "Lonesome George" died on Sunday, under unknown circumstances.
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Aarhus -
Citing a lack of demand for the sperm from redheaded donors, and a long waiting list of willing candidates, the world's largest sperm bank is no longer accepting donations from anyone with red hair.
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Gohar -
A team of archaeologists working in Gohar Tappeh, situated in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran, have discovered the oldest known remains of the Caspian Horse, the oldest horse breed in the world still in existence.
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Stockholm -
The WWF estimates there are 5000 tigers in American backyards, truck stops, urban apartments and private breeding facilities. This is more than the 3200 wild tigers in the wild. Sadly, the "King of the Jungle" may be extinct in as little as 12 years.
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Some animals which had been believed to be extinct for many years have been sighted in the wild, and it is hoped that more of these species are waiting to be rediscovered.
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Climate change in the past was not directly responsible for the extinction of the spotted hyena in southern Europe, but it was certainly a factor in its disappearance, scientists have concurred.
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Dubbed the world's ugliest animal, the rare blobfish may soon face extinction due to overfishing, scientists warn. It lives in the same depth as popular fisherman prey such as lobsters and crabs.
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Prairie Chickens had good taste. Too bad we didn’t. Last week it was formally confirmed that not a single Prairie Chicken had been sighted within Canada since 1987. If you want to see one, you’ll have to go to the US.
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The world's only catalogue of known plants and animals has so far listed 1.9 million species but according to a new report almost 10 per cent of the world's animals are in danger of extinction due to climate change and other factors.
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Naturalist and BBC presenter Chris Packham says that Pandas should be let to die out as a species as they are in an "evolutionary cul-de-sac" and the money spent on protecting them would be better spent elsewhere.
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Tuatara are lizard-like reptiles that can be traced back to the time of the dinosaurs. For the first time in 200 years, researchers have discovered a baby tuatara on mainland New Zealand.
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The rare quail that was last observed several decades ago was seen for the first time recently but it was sold as food at a poultry market.
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The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) reports that the cheetah population is declining rapidly and may become another extinct species if not controlled.
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The British bumblebee appears to be in trouble with three species being extinct and the population on the decline. The bumblebee plays a role in crop pollination.
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A frog species, the Armoured Mist Frog , not seen for the past 17 years, has been found in a remote location in Far North Queensland.
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In a new report published in Fisheries, researchers have listed 700 fish species as being vulnerable, threatened, endangered or even extinct. The causes are listed as habitat loss, their ranges decreasing, invasive species and perhaps climate changes.
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A scientist saw a curious item on eBay and decided to purchase it for £20 ($37.51). It ended up being an extinct insect encased in amber.
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The shocking first comprehensive study in five years of the world's 634 kinds of monkeys reveals that almost 50 per cent are in danger of going extinct according to the criteria of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Extinct Image
Photos: A new and the old dodo reconstruction. Photographed by Peter Maas (2002) at a temporary dodo exposition in the National Museum of Natural History 'Naturalis' in Leiden, the Netherlands. Peter Mass
A female Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus Hartebeest that lived in London Zoo from 4 October 1883 until 27 April 1897. Lewis Medland in 1895.
Bramble Cay melomys Australia Department of Environmental Protection
Bramble Cay today. The Weather service has a monitoring station on the cay. Australian Weather Service
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Bramble Cay in 2008. Queensland EPA
"Passenger Pigeon Net, St. Anne's, Lower Canada". Watercolour and pen and black and brown ink on wove paper. James Pattison Cockburn, watercolor, 1829
Passenger pigeon in flight. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 March 18, 2013 Jim, the Photographer from Springfield PA, United States of America
The Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) is the southernmost and most genetically distinct subspecies of the North American gray wolf. nywolforg
A Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) from Algeria filmed in 1893 and published in 1913. Barbary lions are now extinct in the wild. Alfred Edward Pease (29 June 1857 – 27 April 1939)
A herd of Scimitar horned oryx grazing at Marwell Wildlife, Hampshire, England. Charles Miller from Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Bramble Cay today. The Weather service has a monitoring station on the cay. Australian Weather Service
The seamount, which has yet to be named, is located about 186 miles (300 kilometers) southeast of Jarvis Island. It has a conical shape with a base stretching some 4.3 miles. Image courtesy of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center.
Tyrannosaurus rex. Non-avian dinosaurs died out in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period. (An example of pruning the tree of life). David.Monniaux
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