Shipped the remains of an "extinct monster" from Kansas in the late 1860s, the young paleontologist Edward D.
Far from becoming extinct it's likely that the mouse will maintain its crucial role.
And, yes, the coral reefs might become extinct, and people from the Seychelles might go hungry.
Geologists believe the island is a "plug" left behind from an extinct volcano.
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It was finally concluded that the lake's lower levels had become saturated by carbon dioxide gas (CO2) due to gaseous springs which bubbled up from the extinct volcano beneath.
Palaeogeneticists at the University of Copenhagen and Michael Bunce at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia determined the half-life after studying a set of 158 DNA-containing bones from an extinct species of bird called "moa" (a feat in and of itself).
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The dozens of varieties of cattle raised today are all derived from the now-extinct auroch, which was used both for food and as a beast of burden from ancient times until the 17th century.
Stewart Brand, the 78-year-old technologist who came to fame as editor of "The Whole Earth Catalog, " introduced an ambitious plan to recreate extinct species, using DNA from museum specimens.
It seems, therefore, that all of Hawaii's geese, both extinct and living, are descended from Canada geese.
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"Scientists say they're getting closer and closer to being able to do 'Jurassic Park'-style cloning on extinct species -- things once thought to be extinct could now be brought back from the dead, " Leno said.
Hair experts believe that haircuts associated with elimination from major sporting tournaments quickly become extinct.
This is part of the reason I doubt many species venture far from their planet, before becoming extinct.
Yunnan Red, made from the Rose Honey grape that is extinct in France, is said to have been first made by a 19th-century French missionary who was nostalgic for a taste of home.
Marwell Zoo has become home to a further four species of Partula tree snail, which originate from islands in the Pacific Ocean and are extinct in the wild.
Rafael Joglar, a biologist at the University of Puerto Rico, has noted the diminishing nighttime calls in decades of research on the island and not just from the three species believe to have gone extinct.
In accordance with longstanding principles of international law, expounded with remarkable consistency by numerous officials and scholars from various countries over hundreds of years, when the USSR became extinct, its bilateral, non-dispositive treaties lapsed.
From permits for environmental to water to mitigating the impact on some to be extinct insect, it all takes a long time.
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The RSPB says the grey partridge and corn bunting are all but extinct in parts of the South West, West Midlands and North West, while turtle doves are disappearing from south-western England and Wales.
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