But is silphion truly extinct? Thanks to a lucky encounter almost 40 years ago, and decades of subsequent research, a professor at Istanbul University suspects he has re-discovered the last ...

Extinction of animals and plants. Read scientific research on the dinosaur extinction, future mass extinctions, and endangered species. What can be done?

Meanwhile, the researchers remain determined to find more amphibians believed to be extinct. "We have faith," Sánchez-Nivicela says. "We think they're still out there." ...