Mammoth Extinction: Climate and Human Impacts
Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until 4,000 years ago. Expert guide to why mammoths went extinct, who killed them, and de-extinction science.
March 2026
February 2026
Woolly Mammoth and De-Extinction Science
Comprehensive expert guide to the woolly mammoth covering anatomy, distribution, extinction causes, frozen specimens, and the current science and ethics of de-extinction through Colossal Biosciences and related gene-editing programs.
Thylacine: The Extinct Tasmanian Tiger
The thylacine or Tasmanian tiger went extinct in 1936. Expert guide to what it was, why it was killed off, and whether genetic de-extinction could bring it back.
July 2025
Woolly Mammoths: Icons of the Ice Age
Everything about the woolly mammoth: size, cold adaptations, tusks, mammoth steppe habitat, extinction timeline, permafrost specimens, and de-extinction efforts to revive Mammuthus primigenius.
May 2025
Dire Wolves: History and Misconceptions
Everything about the dire wolf: size, habitat, diet, hunting, La Brea tar pit specimens, the 2021 Nature reclassification revealing it was not a true wolf, Colossal Biosciences' 2024 de-extinction claim, and the pop culture rise of Aenocyon dirus.
March 2025
Passenger Pigeon: From Abundance to Extinction
Everything about the passenger pigeon: size, habitat, diet, nesting colonies, extinction timeline, and the strange facts that made Ectopistes migratorius go from the most abundant bird in North America to extinct in fifty years.