Extinct Animals | A Blog About History

Our perception of flying reptlies is wrong

September 29th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A new study has revealed that our common perception of how flying reptiles, such as pterosaurs, flew has been wrong

September 19th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

New research is suggesting that many ancient birds were wiped out by the same meteor that ultimately killed off the

September 15th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The 60-million-year old fossilized remains of a crodocile ancestor has been uncovered in the same Columbian mine as the world’s

July 15th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A 7.9-foot-long pliosaur skull, which packs the world’s biggest bite, has been put on display at the Dorset County Museum

May 31st, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A new study has revealed that woolly mammoths cavorted with Columbian mammoths, breeding hybrids of the two. “Living African elephant

May 26th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

LiveScience has posted an interesting article about anomalocaridids, giant shrimp-like creatures which, for a few million years, were once the

May 18th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

The arrival of the first Polynesian settlers to the islands of Hawaii wiped out native land crabs about 1,000 years

May 10th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

That image above shows the jaws of a conodont, a 250-million-year-old eel-like creature. Researchers are studying it in hopes of