extinct
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During 32 dives to the site, explorers collected samples from 485 whale-fossil sites and active whale falls, and found a treasure trove of remains, including one extinct whale's skeleton.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
A new, though extinct, species of whale was also identified among the nearly 500 skeletons found up to 7,000 metres deep along a 1,200 kilometre corridor of bones in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Comparisons with the modern ant genus Liometopum, which is found today in North America and warmer parts of Europe, offer clues about how the extinct species may have lived.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
By the judgment of many, the red wolf is now extinct but for its genes, which live on in large coyotes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
We know now of nine large volcanoes, spewing out gas and debris, and hundreds— perhaps thousands—of extinct volcanoes on Io.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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