But one of her first big breaks came while walking the ... which laid only one egg a year, to go extinct. The odd, flightless bird didn’t fear humans, who clubbed it for a quick meal.

Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins.

This particular show focuses mostly on extinct and critically endangered birds. There are a few in there ... the mowing down of big swaths of the forests to raise cattle, and the destruction.

What exactly did the long-extinct, ridiculously adorable dodo bird species do to Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg? History may never know, but the actress, who was born roughly 293 years after ...

The Dire Wolf, a species that went extinct nearly 12,00 years ago, was recently brought back to life by scientists at the US-based Colossal Biosciences. In 1936, the big carnivorous marsupial ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Miners in Southeast Asia discovered a well-preserved wing of an extinct bird species. The discovery reveals similarities between ancient and modern birds.

According to the RSPB, the birds nest in conifers, love to feast on sunflower seeds, and are a regular garden visitor despite their numbers being in decline. READ MORE: "Extinct" birds found alive and ...