extinct
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Studying modern animals that retain similar anatomy can therefore help scientists reconstruct how extinct creatures moved and behaved.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
My new co-workers were newspaper veterans, led by our editor in chief, David Talbot, and until recently employed by the city’s now extinct evening newspaper.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
Thought to be extinct until a Wyoming farm dog dragged a dead one home in 1981, every living ferret descends from just 18 wild survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The world is currently in a sixth mass extinction event with species becoming extinct at 100 times the natural rate because of human activities, scientists say.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Cyrene’s other principal local export was silphion, a plant that is now extinct but whose products had a universe of uses in antiquity.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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