Latest about Extinct Species
'It was clearly a human assault on the species': The fate of the great auk
Two preserved great auk specimens displayed at a museum in 1971. The last pair of great auks were killed in 1844.
80 million-year-old dinosaur 'mini eggs' unearthed at Chinese construction site are the smallest ever found — and belong to a never-before-seen T. rex relative
Half a dozen dinosaur eggs, each around the size of a grape, were recently saved from a construction site in China. Researchers say the tiny fossilized shells are exceptionally well preserved.
Half-a-billion-year-old 'marine Roomba' is earliest known asymmetrical animal
A backward question mark shape on the creature's back reveals early animal evolutionary history.
Most complete Tasmanian tiger genome yet pieced together from 110-year-old pickled head
Researchers working with Colossal Biosciences have assembled a near-complete Tasmanian tiger genome and developed artificial reproductive technologies that could help de-extinct the species.
Never-before-seen head of prehistoric, car-size 'millipede' solves evolutionary mystery
The fossil showed unique stalked eyes and centipede-like characteristics.
32,000-year-old mummified woolly rhino half-eaten by predators unearthed in Siberia
Researchers found the carcass in August 2020 in Russia's Sakha Republic, and the discovery has revealed a never-before-seen characteristic of woolly rhinos: a fatty hump on the animal's back.
Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims
A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.
Duck-billed dino with absolutely enormous honker unearthed in Mexico
The newly named dinosaur is unique to Mexico, and it's helping change scientists' understanding of dinosaur ranges across the Americas.
