Extinct Species Archives - Ohio History Connection

May 12, 2025

A Brief History of the Golden-winged Warbler: Part I

By Erin Cashion, Curator of Natural History At first glance, it appears to be only a brownish wad of grapevine bark strips and old beech leaves. Its age alone (and the person who collected it) make it a specimen of high historic and scientific significance. But this plain-seeming clump of old leaves has an even […]

April 14, 2025

Did We Really “De-extinct” the Dire Wolf?

By Erin Cashion and David Dyer On April 7, the story in Time magazine was posted everywhere: we had brought the extinct Ice Age Dire Wolf, Aenocyon dirus, back from the dead. Alongside this unbelievable headline came the video of two adorable white, fluffy canines in the hands of a human caregiver. These two pups […]

April 22, 2022

How to Find a Mastodon – The Story of the Williams Mastodon

By David Dyer, Natural History Curator, with Emily George Emily George was on a mission. She had heard about the Williams mastodon while growing up, and about how her grandfather Gus George had helped excavate the skeleton in Columbus in the mid-1950s. After talking with her family about the mastodon for a school genealogy project […]

April 16, 2021

A Brief History of the Golden-winged Warbler: Part I

Did We Really “De-extinct” the Dire Wolf?

How to Find a Mastodon – The Story of the Williams Mastodon

Understanding the Climate Crisis – Part I

Understanding the Climate Crisis – Part II

Bones of a cool Ice Age animal! Answer to FoW #35.

It’s the youngest old sloth known!

How do you turn a tortoise popsicle into a beautiful museum piece?

“I vacuumed a passenger pigeon” – again!

It’s a Mastodon Vertebra! Answer to FoW #28