Elusive, endangered wild cat seen in Thailand for the first time in 30 years

In addition to Thailand, flat-headed cats can be found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, according to the Felidae Conservation ...
Earth.com

Scientists recover RNA from an extinct animal for the first time

Scientists successfully extract RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, revealing how its genes functioned before its extinction.
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Scientists Bring Back Extinct Animal After 10,000 Years

Dire wolves have not walked the planet for nearly 10,000 years. But thanks to advancements in science, the long-extinct canine has been brought back to existence. On Monday morning, genetic ...
Wide Open Spaces on MSN

Animal deemed possibly extinct reappears after nearly 3 decades

Image via Getty Images An animal long deemed to possibly be extinct has reappeared after nearly three decades. Scientists in ...
AZ Animals on MSN

Remembering Extinct Creatures: The Bronx Zoo’s Animal Graveyard

On a lawn inside the Bronx Zoo, rows of headstones display multiple animal species, making for an eerie display during the ...
Forbes

Should We De-Extinct The Woolly Mammoth? No, Save The Elephants

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of ...
Hyperallergic

Traces of Extinct Animals at the Armory Show

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals ...

The “Sixth Mass Extinction” Might Be a Myth, New Evidence Shows

New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.
Forbes

In 1883, A Rare, Horse-Like Creature Went Extinct — Here Are The Only 5 Photos Of It (Explained By A Biologist)

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life ...
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After Dire Wolves Are Resurrected, Trump Administration Says U.S. Endangered Species List Should 'Go Extinct'

The endangered species list may change under the Trump administration. After biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said it successfully created three dire wolf puppies ...