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Extinction is permanent, and scientists continually update the list of lost species. This guide explains which animals are recently confirmed extinct, how extinction is verified...
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In 2025, conservation authorities confirmed several animals went extinct, including the Christmas Island pipistrelle, the Bramble Cay melomys, and the Pinta Island tortoise. The...
Open articleAnimals and Nature
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless pigeon native to Mauritius that went extinct around the late 17th century, most likely within several decades of sustained human ar...
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Dire wolves went extinct around 13,000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene and no living members remain in the wild or in captivity. There are no dire wolves currently in th...
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Animals are going extinct when the last individual of a species dies, leaving no living members behind. Human activities such as habitat loss, pollution, overharvesting, and cli...
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Fossils of organisms no longer alive today are the preserved remains or traces of species that lived in past geological periods and are now extinct. These fossils provide physic...
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An extinct snail is a species of land, freshwater, or marine snail with no known living individuals and no reasonable expectation that undiscovered populations remain. Extinctio...
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