Animals Timelines
Discover and explore chronologically arranged historical timelines, milestones, and stories in the field of animals.
The Caribbean Monk Seal
The warm-water seal of the Caribbean Sea.
The Aurochs
The wild ancestor of domestic cattle.
The Carolina Parakeet
The only native parrot of the eastern United States.
The Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
The largest carnivorous marsupial of modern times.
The Golden Toad
The bright orange toad of Costa Rica's cloud forests.
The Pyrenean Ibex
The mountain goat famously cloned after extinction.
The Baiji Dolphin
The freshwater dolphin of the Yangtze River.
The Western Black Rhinoceros
A lost subspecies of the black rhino.
Steller's Sea Cow
The giant marine mammal of the Bering Sea.
The Caspian Tiger
The tiger of Central Asia.
The Dodo
The flightless bird that became a symbol of extinction.
The Elephant Bird
The giant flightless bird of Madagascar.
The Great Auk
The flightless seabird of the North Atlantic.
The Irish Elk
The giant deer with enormous antlers.
The Javan Tiger
The tiger of the island of Java.
The Moa
The giant flightless bird of New Zealand.
The Passenger Pigeon
Once the most abundant bird in North America.
The Quagga
The partially striped zebra of South Africa.
The Saber-Toothed Tiger
The prehistoric predator with elongated canine teeth.
The Woolly Mammoth
The Ice Age giant adapted to extreme cold.