Extinction

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Quarter-ton marsupial that ambled across Australia 3.5 million years ago was 'unlike anything alive today'
By Harry Baker published
The newly described extinct species is closely related to the largest marsupial to ever roam the Earth.

Nearly 6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida
By Kiley Price published
Paleontologists have uncovered a graveyard of ancient elephant relatives.

Massive dino from Brazil ate 'like a pelican,' controversial new study finds. Why is it causing an uproar?
By Harry Baker published
The study reveals new information about the carnivorous dinosaur Irritator challengeri, but the research has been criticized because the fossils may have been illegally removed from Brazil.

Fearsome saber-toothed giant dominated at dawn of 'Great Dying', but its reign was short-lived
By Sascha Pare published
Inostrancevia, a creature with tough skin like a rhino's, migrated 7,000 miles across the ancient supercontinent Pangaea and briefly dominated what is now South Africa before going extinct.

Watch exclusive clip of never-before-depicted dinosaur from Prehistoric Planet season 2
By Sascha Pare published
Episode two, available to stream today on Apple TV+, features the heavily armored Tarchia, a dinosaur with an inbuilt air conditioning system and one of the largest ankylosaurs.

Humongous, 100-foot-long dinosaur from Argentina is so big its fossils broke the road during transport
By Laura Geggel published
About 90 million years ago, a ginormous long-necked dinosaur measuring nearly 100 feet (30 meters) long lumbered through what is now Patagonia, Argentina.

1.7 billion Tyrannosaurus rexes walked the Earth before going extinct, new study estimates
By Harry Baker published
The new prediction suggests fewer T. rex individuals roamed our planet than scientists previously thought.

Long-extinct Tasmanian tiger may still be alive and prowling the wilderness, scientists claim
By Sascha Pare published
Based on reported sightings, some scientists say the iconic creature probably survived until the late 1980s or 1990s, but others are skeptical.
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