Extinct

Rediscovered After 6,000 Years: “Extinct” Pygmy Long‑fingered Possum & Ring‑tailed Glider Found In West Papua

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Rediscovered After 6,000 Years: “Extinct” Pygmy Long‑fingered Possum & Ring‑tailed Glider Found In West Papua – World Animal News For more than 6,000 years, two marsupial species were thought to have vanished from the earth. Now, researchers have confirmed that both are alive and well in the rainforests of the Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, … Read more

The Species Declared Extinct in 2025 • The Revelator

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Did climate change wipe out the Galápagos damselfish (Azurina eupalama)? This once-common, reef-dwelling fish — described by the Galápagos Conservancy as a “shimmering jewel” — hasn’t been seen since the 1982-1983 El Niño Southern Oscillation, which devastated the ecology around the Galápagos. Fueled by climate change, the weather event brought months of warm water to … Read more