Tag: extinct

New species of extinct ‘marsupial lion’ discovered in Australia

SYDNEY: A new species of "marsupial lion", extinct in Australia for 19 million years has been discovered at one of the most significant fossil...

DNA confirms amazing Australian isle insect not extinct after all

WASHINGTON: When black rats invaded Lord Howe Island after the 1918 wreck of the steamship Makambo, they wiped out numerous native species on the...