Extinct animals are those species which are no longer living. This group includes prehistoric animals like dinosaurs and ice-age mammals, as well as moden species like the Dodo.
It isn't hard to imagine the world full of dinosaurs, even though these extinct animals haven't walked the earth for millions of years. Learn all about dinosaurs, including early dinosaur discoveries, dinosaur fossils, and dinosaur extinction. See more »
Learn about birds that are no longer living, from the earliest species, Archaeopteryx, to more modern species like the Moa. See more »
While Mammoths and Saber Toothed Tigers died out long ago, modern mammals are increasingly at risk of extinction due to human intervention. Explore some species that are no longer with us. See more »
Some extinct animals are neither dinosaur nor mammal. Learn about trilobites and other extinct life in this section. See more »
Everyone knows that once a bone has fossilized, it's hard as a rock, right? So how did scientists find soft tissue inside a broken dinosaur bone?
Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur that was described as a reptile. This dinosaur is often described as being part of the "waste bucket" genus because so many bones from other dinosaurs have been mistaken for being that of the Megalosaurus!
Thescelosaurus was one of the last hypsilopbodontid dinosaurs. It is known from the end of the Late Cretaceous of Montana in the United States, and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada. Learn more about the Thescelosaurus.
