extinct

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To test these assumptions, we analysed more than 500 teeth from 27 primate species, both extinct and living.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In 2014-15, she helped with a county-wide survey, but said: "We searched diligently but very sadly concluded that water voles were functionally extinct in Surrey."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Colossal’s latest announcement was that it has hatched 26 chickens in an “artificial egg” — a “foundational step,” it said, “toward resurrecting extinct bird species” such as the New Zealand giant moa and the dodo.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The giants became extinct not only in dry central Australia but also in drenching wet New Guinea and southeastern Australia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond