LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -/ɛkˈstɪŋkt/ Something that no longer exists and has no living representative is extinct. Dinosaurs are extinct. Polar bears may become extinct.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arabian oryx However, a slew of reintroduction schemes steered population numbers upwards, so that by 2011, the animal became the first to regain vulnerable status after being listed as extinct in the wild. Today, there are around 1, 200 Arabian oryx living freely in Saudi Arabia, with another up to 7, 000 in captivity.

Detailed explanation-3: -A species is extinct when the last existing member dies. Extinction therefore becomes a certainty when there are no surviving individuals that can reproduce and create a new generation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Extant is the opposite of extinct: it refers to things that are here-they haven’t disappeared or been destroyed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most of the minority languages are almost extinct because of the cuts. Within that forest, we could reintroduce some species that have become extinct on this island. The enterprise allowance, for example, will be all but extinct. Not every creature that refuses to change becomes extinct.