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Paleontologists at the University of New South Wales in Australia say they have identified a tiny new species of marsupial lion that lived around 18 million years ago. The extinct, squirrel-size ...
A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of marsupial lion which has been extinct for at least 19 million years. The findings are based on fossilized remains of the animal's ...
Discover incredible extinct animals that used to roam the Earth, ... Unlike other lions, due to scarcity of food in its habitat, the Barbary lion did not live in prides.
In the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in north-western Queensland, scientists have discovered the fossil remains of a new species of marsupial lion that went extinct about 18 million years ago.
Two lion subspecies will now be protected by the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced on Dec. 21.
A rare great ape, a 130-foot-tall tree and an extinct marsupial lion make the Top 10 New Species list for 2018 By Sean Greene Assistant Editor, Data and Graphics May 23, 2018 2:45 AM PT ...
Banning hunting, as some conservationists suggest, can have the opposite effect. Since Kenya banned hunting in 1977, it has lost 60 to 70 percent of its large wildlife species. The Kenya Wildlife ...
The Red List now includes 77,340 assessed species, of which 22,784 are threatened with extinction, up 371 from November. The increase comprises 100 new species listed as critically endangered, 184 ...
The eastern Steller sea lion, which roams the West Coast between Alaska and California, has been taken off the U.S. Endangered Species List after a major population comeback over the last several ...
During that year, the lions receive protection under the state Endangered Species Act, which prohibits the killing of threatened or endangered animals. From 1909 until 1963, California offered a ...
A marsupial lion is “a family of extinct marsupials only found in Australia, their fossil history spans from about 24 million years ago up until about 30,000 years ago,” she told news.com.au.