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7 'Extinct’ Species That Eventually Reappeared
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSometimes, we give up on a species too soon. Just because it’s been a few decades or even centuries since a creature showed its face, doesn’t always mean...
One of the world’s rarest animals was just born in a special breeding program: ‘They are thriving’
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA rare species of deer thought to be on the brink of extinction has been born at Chester Zoo in...
Marine mammals that inspired ancient mermaid tales are now 'functionally extinct' in China
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe dugong — a marine mammal that purportedly inspired ancient mermaid tales — has been declared...
9 of the Largest Eagles in the World
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Steller's sea eagle is the only species to make all three lists of the measurements that make the world's largest eagles. Manuel ROMARIS / Getty...
Dwarf elephants? Giant rats? Strange island creatures at high risk
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. They...
Tooth from Laotian cave sheds light on enigmatic extinct humans
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA young girl's tooth excavated from a cave wall in northeastern Laos is providing new insight into...
8 Wild Examples of Evolution Copying Itself
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSometimes, Darwinian natural selection stumbles upon the same solution more than once, in a process known as convergent evolution. Here are our favorite...
Early humans left Africa and reached Asia earlier than thought, fossil discovery reveals
CNN· 11 months agoTwo fossils unearthed in a cave in Laos suggest Homo sapiens was living in the region 86,000 years...
