Extinct Wildlife
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White Rhino Saved From Extinction
Africa’s southern white rhinoceros was discovered in the early 1800s, and by 1892, a mere 75 years later, it was already thought to have gone extinct. The white rhino’s near…
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Facts on Chimpanzees
Chimps are not monkeys; they are apes, a group of advanced primates that also includes gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons. Scientists still have not decided whether bonobos constitute a distinct fifth…
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Animals That Are Extinct
First, there is actually a little good news about extinction over the past century or so: Although hundreds of animals, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and insects, have been wiped…
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Eastern Cougar Declared Extinct
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today announced its conclusion that the Eastern cougar, or mountain lion, no longer exists. The negative conclusion of a five-year USFWS survey of the…
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Why Cloning Won’t Save Endangered Animals
There is no denying that an international scientific team’s recently announced plans to clone a woolly mammoth inspire a justifiable amount of excitement. After all, no one’s ever seen a…
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Are Chimps Extinct?
That’s a question that students often ask us here at All About Wildlife.com. Plenty of chimpanzees are bred and raised in captivity, so it seems unlikely that chimps will ever…
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