Author(s): Miles Kelly

Education

Since life on Earth began, animals and plants have died out, never to exist again. Discover the reasons for extinction and how new life evolves. Learn why the dinosaurs disappeared and how humans became so successful, then read case stories of individual creatures that have died out. Most importantly, find out which animals living today could be gone tomorrow. Which flightless bird was hunted to extinction in the 1500s? Turn to page 35 to find out!