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First RNA extracted from extinct species may help thylacine resurrection

Given the freshness of its extinction (and perhaps a healthy dose of guilt), the thylacine is on the shortlist of species set for “de-extinction”

Extinct 39-million-year-old whale ‘may be heaviest animal that ever lived’

The findings, published in the journal Nature, suggest this extinct species had a body mass of up to 340 tonnes

Extinct “fantastic giant tortoise” found alive on the Galápagos Islands

Who is Fernanda, the last known fantastic giant tortoise?

First egg from Antarctica is big and might belong to an extinct sea lizard

Measuring in at more than 11 by 7 inches, the egg is the largest soft-shell egg ever discovered and the second-largest egg of any known animal

Archivists restore last known footage of Tasmanian tiger

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia releases the 21-second clip, from 1935, of Benjamin, the thylacine

Nearly 500.000.000 animals may have been killed in Australia’s wildfires

Rescue teams have been met by the charred bodies of thousands of koalas

Sumatran rhinoceros becomes extinct in Malaysia after last of the species in the country dies of cancer

Iman, aged 25, died six months after the country's last remaining male rhino

Fanged Deer once thought to be extinct is rediscovered in Vietnam (photo)

The small deer with fangs hasn't been seen since 1990

The Tasmanian Tiger is thought to have gone extinct in 1936, but mysterious sightings might suggest otherwise

The last wild Tasmanian tiger was thought to have been hunted to extinction

Tasmanian tiger declared extinct 80 years ago “spotted” eight times

What was thought to be the last one of its kind died in Hobart Zoo in 1936

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