| Shown in cave paintings in France and Spain, these were a favourite quarry of Palaeolithic hunters, and were eventually hunted to extinction. |
| These whales have been hunted to near extinction, and only about 2,500 exist today. |
| Saskatchewan also is one of the best places on earth to view rare whooping cranes, magnificent white birds bordering on extinction. |
| The water vole, fast heading for extinction in Britain, can still be found at Clifton Ings in York, according to an environmental group. |
| For too long we have regarded the extinction of Neanderthals as a chance historical accident. |
| This indicates that there existed a short period of radiolarian development before the great extinction at the Permian-Triassic transition. |
