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With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study ...

The last known thylacine—a dog-like marsupial—died in captivity in 1936, but a taxidermied thylacine head just sold at ...

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The Art of Extinct Species” is now on display with more than 50 works by 34 artists who have painted, photographed, sketched or sculpted extinct species.

Nearly two dozen endangered species are now classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the latest conservation “wake-up call.” The agency announced that 21 species will be delisted ...

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After being declared extinct in Britain, the large blue butterfly has made a remarkable return, flourishing across thirty-three different sites. Since 1983, its population has soared by an astounding ...