Extinct species news, features and articles
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Colossal's de-extincted 'dire wolf' isn't a dire wolf and it has not been de-extincted, experts sayScientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.
By Sascha Pare Published
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6 extinct species that scientists could bring back to lifeDe-extinction, the science of resurrecting extinct species, is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life — and one they've already revived.
By Sascha Pare Last updated
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Adorable dire wolf pups mark 'world's first de-extinction,' Colossal Biosciences saysDire wolves, made famous by HBO's Game of Thrones, have been extinct for around 12,500 years. But thanks to genetic engineers at biotech company Colossal Biosciences, these majestic predators are back.
By Patrick Pester Published
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130,000-year-old baby mammoth goes under the knifeResearchers have performed a necropsy on a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth preserved in the Siberian permafrost.
By Patrick Pester Published
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'Twins! She has another baby': Sea monster from Chile had 2 buns in the oven, rare fossil revealsAn ichthyosaur was pregnant with twins when she died, a fossil from Cretaceous Chile reveals.
By Soumya Sagar Published
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Alligator-size amphibians died together in Triassic Wyoming, puzzling 'bone bed' revealsThe discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is providing scientists important clues about these creatures' lives.
By Skyler Ware Published
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Scientists uncover 'inside-out, legless, headless wonder' that lived long before the dinosaursFossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.
By Skyler Ware Published
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'Exquisitely preserved' ginormous claws from Mongolia reveal strange evolution in dinosaursA new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari has been discovered by scientists, and unlike other therizinosaurs, this species has only two clawed fingers instead of three.
By Jess Thomson Published
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25,000-year-old mammoth bones reveal culture of ancient humansArchaeologists have discovered the remains of at least five woolly mammoths at a site in Austria. The remains suggest that ancient humans processed the mammoths' ivory tusks 25,000 years ago.
By Jess Thomson Published
