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Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. De-extinction starts with DNA samples from the lost species. Sometimes this is the complete genome; other times, scientists may ...

Fossilised shark teeth from Egypt's Western Desert reveal prehistoric ocean life. Scientists discovered teeth from five ...

Nearly two dozen endangered species are now classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the latest conservation “wake-up call.” The agency announced that 21 species will be delisted ...

A new “Jurassic Park” movie is coming out next year, the latest installment of the blockbuster series all about the dangerous hubris in trying to bring dinosaurs back from extinction. Paleogeneticist ...

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The houting, a fish species that lived in North Sea estuaries and is officially extinct, turns out to be alive and well. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the Natural History Museum ...

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A taxidermy ‘fox head’ bought for just £50 at a market has sold for £60,000 at auction in Bristol - after it turned out to be ...