How Scientists Rediscovered This Rare And Elusive Bird That We Thought Was Extinct For 100 Years

While many plants and animals are lost to us forever, this little bird has just been very good at hiding. Here's how ...

And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's ...
The Atlantic

'Extinct' Tortoise Only Moved

It's the reptilian feel-good story of the year: A species of giant tortoise thought to be extinct for 150 years turns out to be alive and living on an even more remote island than the one from which ...
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A tortoise species considered extinct 100 years ago is still alive, Ecuador says

Scientists say a tortoise discovered in 2019 on the Galapagos Islands belongs to a species considered extinct more than 100 years ago. The single female tortoise belongs to the species Chelonoidis ...
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Dodo birds could walk the Earth in just "five to seven years," de-extinction company says

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Dodo birds could return from extinction in just "five to seven years," according to a company that specializes in reviving extinct animals. The dodo bird went extinct less than 80 ...
The Atlantic

Plenty of Extinct Species Are Still Alive

If an animal hasn't been seen in the wild for more than fifty years, it's technically extinct. But academic criteria haven't stopped some disappeared species from reappearing, confounding official ...