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Extinct Species

Woolly Mammoth Megalodon Crocodile Relatives Dire Wolf Mammoths Woolly Mammoths Dire Wolves Quaternary Extinction Protemnodon Diet Woolly Rhinoceros Gigantopithecus Giant Kangaroos Sanfordiacaulis densifolia Bird Anatomy Rhinocerotidae Culebratherium Pleistocene Animals Megafauna Neanderthals Whale Evolution Mosasaurs Whale Fossils Shadow Wolf Hippopotamus Saber-toothed Cats De-extinction Birds Dicynodonts Anatidae Evolution River Dolphin Saber-Toothed Cats Gaiasia jennyae Pleistocene Epoch

Maryland Names Extinct Megalodon as Official State Shark

The designation spotlights Calvert Cliffs fossils central to Maryland's natural history.

Scientists Recover 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth RNA, Offering a Glimpse of Genes at Work

Oldest RNA Ever Sequenced Recovered From 40,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth

Neanderthals Crafted Crayon-Like Ochre Tools in Crimea and Ukraine, Study Finds

Hornless ‘Arctic Rhino’ Identified in Canada’s High Arctic Challenges Long-Held Dispersal Timeline

Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia

Oldest Host-Associated Microbial DNA Found in Million-Year-Old Mammoth Remains