Extinct - Latest News on Extinct | Read Breaking News on Zee News

Sahara`s wildlife suffers catastrophic collapse

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:22

Researchers have warned that the world`s largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations.

Near extinct bird species making a comeback

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:56

One of the world`s oldest and most distinctive songbird species might be coming back from the brink of extinction thanks to a relocation project.

20 mn-year-old extinct koala species discovered

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 20:44

Scientists have discovered an extinct species of koala bear that lived in the rainforest canopies of northern Australia about 20 million years ago.

14 closely related crocodiles existed around 5-mn-yrs ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 15:58

An international team of scientists have revealed that a total of 14 different crocodile species existed and at least seven of them occupied the same area at the same time about five million years ago.

Dinosaurs may be brought back to life

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 14:49

Even though dinosaurs have been long extinct, bringing them back to life might be possible.

Info about 65m-yr-old dinosaur teeth uncovered

Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 09:25

In a new study, researchers from two disparate fields have discovered the teeth of 65-million-year-old dinosaurs.

Eggshells reveal birds` evolutionary secrets

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 13:23

A study reveals that, molecules from eggshells of endangered and extinct birds can tell behaviour and evolutionary history of Australian birds.

`Expect one, all species of vultures extinct in Kerala`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 11:23

Factors like reduction of habitat have contributed to the decline of vultures.

Tree species greatly at risk from climate change

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 16:25

Many tree species might become extinct due to climate change if no action is taken in time.

Scientist says he found Japan fish thought extinct

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 13:15

A science professor says a Japanese salmon species thought to have gone extinct 70 years ago lives in a lake near Mount Fuji.

Two more rare red foxes confirmed in Sierra Nevada

Last Updated: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 10:05

Federal wildlife biologists have confirmed sightings of two more Sierra Nevada red foxes that once were thought to be extinct.

Tigers could be extinct within 12 yrs: WWF

Last Updated: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 23:59

Tigers could become extinct within 12 years, nature conservation body WWF said.