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Officials announce plans to reestablish population of extinct creature after it suddenly reappears: 'A lot of careful, painstaking work'

It was a challenge due to the lack of knowledge about the creature. Officials announce plans to reestablish population of ...
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Zoo officials celebrate birth of creatures extinct in wild for 100 years: 'It's important to have such a vision'

Researchers in the Czech Republic are celebrating the birth of four rare Barbary lion cubs — three females and one male — marking a significant boost for a subspecies that has been extinct in the wild ...
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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, ...
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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 on ...
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Resurrecting the Dodo? A Recent Breakthrough Could Bring Extinct Birds Back from the Dead

Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

$10,000 reward offered to prove 'extinct' creature with haunting cry still lives

Dozens of adventurers are hoping to claim a $10,000 reward, which is on offer to anyone who can provide proof that the South ...
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Nature Had To Be “Metal” When These 67 Now Extinct Creatures Were Around (New Pics)

The history of the Earth spans about 4.5 billion years, during which countless creatures have appeared and gone extinct thanks to evolution. The only evidence we have that they existed is their ...