It was the largest parrot that ever lived, and is the only known giant parrot in the world. Source: https://www.livescience.com/66112-worlds-largest-parrot-extinct.html
Tag: Extinct
Ancient hyenas roamed the Arctic
The ice age hyenas may have hunted caribou and horses, or scavenged carcasses of mammoths on a cold treeless tundra, says a study of 2 fossil teeth. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-hyenas-roame-arctic-tooth-fossils…
Joshua Trees Will Be All-But-Extinct by 2070 Without Climate Action, Study Warns
More than 80% of California’s iconic Joshua trees are likely to die at the hands of drought and fire over the next 50 years — but there’s still time to save them from extinction. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65953-climate-change-destroying-joshua-trees.html
Giant extinct condor discovered in Argentina
Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan condor 12 kilometers south of San Pedro. The huge bird, which was discovered by a t… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328799/giant-extinct-condor-discovered-in-argentina…
Are Bananas Doomed?
Could our most beloved fruit go extinct? Source: https://www.livescience.com/65830-will-bananas-go-extinct.html
Some ancient crocodiles may have chomped on plants instead of meat
Fossil teeth of extinct crocodilyforms suggest that some ate plants and that herbivory evolved at least three times in crocs of the Mesozoic Era. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-crocodiles-plants-meat4…
Extinct 11-Foot ‘Super-Ostrich’ Was As Massive As a Polar Bear
The brawny bird lived alongside humans, who may have hunted the giant. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65807-extinct-super-ostrich.html
DNA reveals a European Neandertal lineage that lasted 80,000 years
Ancient DNA from cave fossils in Belgium and Germany shows an unbroken genetic line of the extinct hominids emerged at least 120,000 years ago. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cave-fossil-dna-reveals-ancient-european-neandertal-lineage4…
Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
A new study suggests the prehistoric reptiles could fly right after hatching. It’s an ability no other flying animal living today, or in the history of life as we know it, has been able to replicate. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/baby-pterodactyls-could-fly-from-birth…
Animals will likely ‘downsize’ in the future
A new study has suggested that larger animals will go extinct while smaller, insect-eating animals will thrive. There is little doubt that many of the… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328556/animals-will-likely-downsize-in-the-future…