The late 1900s were a time of rapid change for our planet, and unfortunately, some of its most unique inhabitants did not survive. Between the 1980s and 1990s, several animal species disappeared ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time ...

The word "dodo" is synonymous with extinct animals. In fact, if you asked people to name an extinct animal who wasn't a dinosaur or woolly mammoth, dodo bird would probably be the most popular ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

The majority of organisms that have ever existed and now extinct. Most animals have been wiped out my mass extinction events and some scientist argue than we are currently going through a mass ...