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These 23 Animals Have Gone Extinct in the Past 150 Years

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference.

These species are now extinct, a 'tragic and sobering moment'

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy ...

This beloved animal is back from the brink of extinction — with one big caveat

But earlier this month, researchers announced something overwhelmingly positive: Green sea turtles, the iconic marine species ...
Opinion

Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species

(THE CONVERSATION) For decades, wildlife conservation policy has aimed to protect endangered species until there are enough individual animals alive that the species won’t go extinct. Then the ...

'Functionally extinct': After 10,000 years on the Florida coast, two key corals are dead

In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that ...
WTVD

Scientists plan resurrection of Tasmanian tiger, animal that's been extinct since 1936

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

Some good news for a critically endangered whale species — but there’s a catch

Centuries after these whales were nearly hunted to extinction, the species is getting some good news, but threats still ...
New Scientist

The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...