Tasmanian tiger, a marsupial apex predator, went extinct nearly a century ago. Now, scientists are closer than ever to reviving the animal through genome sequencing in a process similar to the fictional revival of dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.

Tasmanian tiger that went extinct may come back soon, thanks to a head in a bucket of ethanol

The discovery of a giant fossil skull of an elephant in India's Kashmir Valley has left the scientists puzzled. The elephant skull was found buried along with 87 stone tools which were used by prehistoric humans and other materials which were excavated under Dr Ghulam Bhat at the University of Jammu.

Giant fossil skull of elephant hints at existence of THIS mysterious extinct species in India

According to a new study, the last woolly mammoth population vanished due to a sudden, random event 4,000 years ago. The genome analysis suggests that the mammoths did not go extinct for genetic reasons, as earlier believed.

Mysterious event led to the woolly mammoths perishing from Earth: Study

Feral cats prey on atleast 30 million animals annually in Australia. Cats eat 2000 species globally, also prey on species under conservation concern, claims study.

Cats eat 2000 species globally, also prey on species under conservation concern, claims study

A rare type of antelope, Saiga, which was on the verge of becoming extinct has re-emerged in Kazakhstan. As per the experts, the population of this rare species of antelope has more than doubled since 2019 as the number rose from 334,000 to 842,000 within two years.

Almost endangered antelope species, Saiga, makes a comeback

A mouse, whose species was believed to have been extinct more than 150 years ago, has been rediscovered in islands off Western Australia. Researchers compared DNA samples of eight different species of native rodents and 42 of living rodents to observe the decline of native mice in the past 80-100 years.

Species of 'extinct' mouse rediscovered after 150 years in Australia

A species of turtle that was thought to be extinct has been re-discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina. The species was believed to have gone extinct nearly a century ago.

Galapagos tortoise, thought to be extinct a century ago, found in Ecuador

Australia has officially confirmed the extinction of 13 species endemic to the country. These include 12 mammals, along with the first reptile to have gone extinct since European colonisation ended.

Australia: 13 more species have now gone extinct

Take one look at a ghost shark and you may say, “What’s up with that weird-looking fish?” Over the past few decades, scientists learned that these cartilaginous fishes, also known as ratfish or Chimaeras, have been around for hundreds of millions of years and that they have venomous spines in front of their dorsal fins and “fly” through the water by flapping their pectoral fins.

Will ghost sharks vanish before scientists can study them?

In what can be described as a miraculous discovery, Russian scientists have discovered a 39,000-year-old perfectly preserved cave bear and cub in Siberia. Cave bears were prehistoric species or subspecies that lived in Eurasia from around 300,000 to 15,000 years ago. Up until now, only bones had been found of the bears.

Russia: 39,000-year-old cave bear's remains found intact in Siberia

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