Read more extinct stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8680/extinct.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:59:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/57906/baby-mammoth-gives-up-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA nearly perfectly preserved 37,000-year-old baby mammoth is giving up tantalizing secrets about her species, scientists report. The creature, dubbed Lyuba by researchers, still sports clumps of hair and eyelashes, according to the Telegraph . Scientists have been able to examine stomach contents and the mineral makeup of the bones...http://www.newser.com/story/57906/baby-mammoth-gives-up-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 8:50:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5473/river-dolphin-declared-extinct.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalling it a "shocking tragedy," a team of marine scientists have declared the Yangtze river dolphin "likely extinct" after their failure to find a single animal in a recent research expedition. The scientists blamed massive over fishing along the Yangtze as the primary cause of the species' disappearance, the BBC...http://www.newser.com/story/5473/river-dolphin-declared-extinct.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Aug 2007 5:54:49 CDT