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These 23 Animals Have Gone Extinct in the Past 150 Years

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...
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24 Animal Species We’ve Lost Forever in the Last Century

The world we share with countless species is growing smaller, and for some, it’s already too late. Over the past century, human activity, coupled with environmental changes, has pushed a heartbreaking ...
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Researchers at BYU successfully sequenced the entire genome of leopard species going extinct

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Amur leopards, once nearly extinct, are making a comeback in Far East Asia

The Amur leopard lives in isolation in the freezing forests of southeast Russia and northeast China. It’s one of the most endangered of eight leopard subspecies in the world. Today, its population is ...