Once believed #extinct, the enigmatic #BushDog is now 'Near Threatened' from #palmoil and #soy #deforestation in #SouthAmerica. Masterful hunters they rely on prey that is disappearing. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-73d?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Ridiculous rationalization:

#Trump’s #interior sec cited a #biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf to slash 50 years of #EndangeredSpecies protections.

Many scientists expressed skepticism that the pups could be classified as part of a canine species that went #extinct over 10k years ago. But Interior Secy #DougBurgum said the achievement demonstrates that it is not government #regulations but innovation that will save species.

Game of #clones: Colossal’s new #wolves are cute, but are they dire?
#ColossaBiosciences claims it has revived an #extinct species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical.
It’s making a bold new claim—that it has actually “de-extincted” an animal called the #direwolf. Inside a preserve roam three striking snow-white wolves—which a startup called Colossal Biosciences says are members of a species that went extinct 13,000 years ago, now reborn via #biotechnology.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/08/1114371/game-of-clones-colossals-new-wolves-are-cute-but-are-they-dire/

If a species isn't extinct any more, is is reintinct then? #extinct #direwolf

Nicobar #pigeons of #India have magnificent iridescent rainbow feathers . They are the closest living relative to the #extinct #dodo Now threatened by #palmoil #deforestation. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect
https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/12/23/nicobar-pigeon-caloenas-nicobarica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

I am setting up an #aquarium and choosing what life I want in my tank.

It's a really sobering moment to look at #fish at my local aquarium and see that some are #extinct in the wild.

The same goes with the #coral reefs in #Australia

I am considering setting up a separate tank just for coral to preserve a little bit of what is being lost... or perhaps I should say sacrificed.

We're not losing the species, we're killing them.

(28 Mar) Scientists uncover ’inside-out, legless, headless wonder’ that lived long before the dinosaurs

Scientists have found two specimens of a 444 million-year-old “inside-out“ fossil with well-preserve...

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#animals #extinct-species

Beautiful #bonobos serve as a model of non-violent conflict resolution. Yet humans are sending them #extinct from #palmoil #meat #deforestation and #poaching! Fight for them #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/08/13/bonobo-pan-paniscus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Cougar Cubs Photographed in Michigan For First Time In Over 100 Years https://petapixel.com/2025/03/21/cougar-cubs-photographed-in-michigan-for-first-time-in-over-100-years/ #scientificdiscovery #cougarcubs #michigan #cougars #extinct #cougar #News

Once believed #extinct, the enigmatic #BushDog is now 'Near Threatened' from #palmoil and #soy #deforestation in #SouthAmerica. Masterful hunters they rely on prey that is disappearing. Help them survive! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/07/07/bush-dog-speothos-venaticus/

Large Spotted #Civets look a bit feline but they’re not. #Endangered in SE Asia, they’re eaten in China and may be #extinct there now. Their main threat is #palmoil #deforestation ️ Take action and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/24/large-spotted-civet-viverra-megaspila/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Already #extinct in #Malaysia #India #Indonesia the Masked Finfoot is a unique #bird with unusual feet. #PalmOil #deforestation is a major threat. Help them when you #BoycottPalmOil ️ #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/05/masked-finfoot-heliopais-personatus/

Beautiful #bonobos serve as a model of non-violent conflict resolution. Yet humans are sending them #extinct from #palmoil #meat #deforestation and #poaching! Fight for them #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2023/08/13/bonobo-pan-paniscus/

In #rainforests of #Sumatra is a rare melody of “eee-wow eee-wow” by the Sumatran Ground Cuckoo – long thought #extinct. Now critically endangered by #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for them when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/21/sumatran-ground-cuckoo-carpococcyx-viridis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Hoping to revive mammoths, scientists create 'woolly mice'

Kind of nuts, if you ask me. Why bring back an extinct species, when there are so many living species we must protect now.?

Those woolly mice are pretty cute, though...

#woolymammoth #extinct #mice

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5299962/woolly-mammoth-extinction-mice-genetic-engineering

Despite being the largest #tortoise in Asia, Asian Giant Tortoises are #extinct in #Singapore and critically #endangered in #Indonesia #Malaysia #Thailand due to #palmoil #deforestation and the #pet trade. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/25/asian-giant-tortoise-manouria-emys/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

"The last plant left: can #RapaNui’s #extinct #tree be resurrected? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/19/rapa-nui-easter-island-science-extinct-endemic-tree-sophora-toromiro

"Seeds from the last #toromiro, unique to #EasterIsland, were taken away in the 60s. After a crucial discovery gave hope for its survival, it is making a return... It belongs to a family of pea #plants that has #symbiosis with soil #bacteria... the toromiro’s bacteria are also likely extinct on Rapa Nui... the team looked for them in related species, and found a match in strands from Chile & New Zealand"

Northern Gliders are rare gliding #mammals critically endangered in #PapuaNewGuinea #WestPapua. Support them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife because many supermarket brands are sending them #extinct for dirty #palmoil

http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/05/northern-glider-petaurus-abidi-2/