History Main / SpeciesLostAndFound

* Reports of possible surviving ivory-billed woodpeckers in 2005 have led conservationists to purchase some isolated areas of Arkansas woodland, in the hope that this officially-extinct species might still be hanging on there.

* ''ValkyriaChronicles'': the central twist is that the Valkyria, a race believed to be extinct, still live on in the blood of two female characters in the game, and proves the possibility there could be more out there.

* Reports of possible surviving ivory-billed woodpeckers in 2005 have led conservationists to purchase some isolated areas of Arkansas woodland, in the hope that this officially-extinct species might still be hanging on there.
* TheOtherWiki has a whole list of them, both plants and animals. They are officially known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon Lazarus Taxon]]

** The film ''KingKong Escapes'' features Gorosaurus, a giant T-Rex type of dinosaur that was living on a remote island. It, or possibly another one of its species, was later moved to [[PlacesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Monster Island]] in the film ''Destroy All Monsters''.

* ''KingKong'': Dinosaurs inhabit Kong's Island. It is a "lost" island, after all.

* There's always time travel to bring an extinct dinosaur species back, like Cassie from ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'' [[http://www.timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=321 did.]]

* ''WereBackADinosaursStory'': TimeTravel brought dinosaurs into modern day New York.

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* Another one for human interference: in the ''ThursdayNext'' book series, dodos and Neanderthals have been brought back to life thanks to new technologies.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}'', it turns out that [[spoiler: woolly mammoths are Not Dead Yet and living on the eponymous island of Syberia, up in the north.]]

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** Unfortunately, the Coelacanth is now an EndangeredSpecies again, due to pollution or overfishing or something.

* ''JurassicPark'': Revived Dinosaurs by Technology. They are now left alone...mostly.

* ''Series/{{Star Trek Deep Space Nine}}'' revealed that some time after the original series the Klingon Empire embarked upon 'The Great Tribble Hunt,' rendering the species extinct. Unfortunately for them the special episode commemorating the franchise's 40th anniversary resulted in the crew going back in time and bringing a couple of tribbles back with them when they returned. Given their prodigious reproductive capabilities their numbers once again rapidly exapnded.

* One example of fantasy creatures returning when TheMagicComesBack is the ''{{Shadowrun}}'' TabletopRPG.

** Unfortunately, the Coelacanth is now an EndangeredSpecies again, due to pollution or overfishing or something.

* {{The Other Wiki}} has a whole list of them, both plants and animals. They are officially known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon Lazarus Taxon]]

* ''StarTrekIV'': Whales became this via Time Travel. Not necessarily a revival (as the actual whales were alive the entire trip), but still an example nonetheless.

* {{Star Trek Deep Space Nine}} revealed that some time after the original series the Klingon Empire embarked upon 'The Great Tribble Hunt,' rendering the species extinct. Unfortunately for them the special episode commemorating the franchise's 40th anniversary resulted in the crew going back in time and bringing a couple of tribbles back with them when they returned. Given their prodigious reproductive capabilities their numbers once again rapidly exapnded.

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* The dinosaurs in ''{{Dilbert}}'' had [[HesJustHiding just been in hiding]].

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* ''JurassicPark'': Revived Dinosaurs by Technology. They are now left alone...mostly.
* ''KingKong'': Dinosaurs inhabit Kong's Island. It is a "lost" island, after all.
* ''XMen'': Sheltered world preserved, despite the immediate outside world being much much cooler.
* ''WereBackADinosaursStory'': TimeTravel brought dinosaurs into modern day New York.

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* In the 1940's ''{{Superman}}'' cartoon "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arctic_Giant The Arctic Giant]]", a "Tyrannosurus Rex" is thawed out of a huge chunk of ice (HarmlessFreezing) and goes berserk.
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': A dinosaur is revived by Shen Gon Wo that can convert anything to a previous form. Guess what oil was?

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** Likewise, there's Godzilla himself. Before mutating, Godzilla was simply a Godzillasaurus who was living on a remote island somewhere near Japan.
*** Also, as the original film heavily implies and the sequels prove true, there's more than one Godzillasaurus in existence...of course, most of them have probably mutated by now.

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* ''StarTrekIV'': Whales became this via Time Travel. Not necessarily a revival (as the actual whales were alive the entire trip), but still an example nonetheless.
* In ''{{Rodan}}'', people discover ancient giant Pteranodon eggs that hatch into the titular monsters and begin terrorizing Japan.


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* Wolves in ''WolfsRain''. Thought to have been extinct for 200 years, actually hanging on in disguise. Not for much longer, though - just until the end of the world.

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* One example of fantasy creatures returning when TheMagicComesBack is the ''{{Shadowrun}}'' TabletopRPG.

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* ''ValkyriaChronicles'': the central twist is that the Valkyria, a race believed to be extinct, still live on in the blood of two female characters in the game, and proves the possibility there could be more out there.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}'', it turns out that [[spoiler: woolly mammoths are Not Dead Yet and living on the eponymous island of Syberia, up in the north.]]

* In the videogame ''Fur Fighters'' there is a whole hidden world (which you might actually miss) found by digging down with a seriously large drill. Once down there you find a futuristic Dinosaur society where the titular characters are stars in a children's comic book.

A species believed to of been dead (if it existed at all), reappears in modern-day society (or equivalent time period). Reasons for this are numerous, and can include:

* ''XMen'': Sheltered world persevered, despite the immediate outside world be much much cooler.
* ''WereBackADinosaursStory'': TimeTravel brought dinosaurs into modern day new york, and they got to enjoy a circus.

* The dinosaurs in ''{{Dilbert}}'' had [[{{Ptitleqqsng6mmurdg}} just been in hiding]].

* In ''{{Syberia}}'', it turns out that [[spoiler: woolly mammoths are Not Dead Yet and living on the titular island of Syberia, up in the north.]]

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* ''XiaolinShowdown'': A dinosaur is revived by Shen Gon Wo that can convert anything to a previous form. Guess what oil was?

* In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''TheLostWorld'', Professor Challenger brings a pterodactyl back to civilization. It escapes while it's being shown off.

* On the new series of ''DoctorWho'', the Master uses creatures called the Toclafane as his servants, creatures that the Doctor insists are no more than a Gallifreyan fairy tale. Subverted in that they are not actually Toclafane but [[spoiler:cyborg-ified humans]].

# Not Dead Yet

* Not Quite Dead - Applied to an Entire Species.

A species believed to of be dead (if it existed at all), reappears in modern-day society (or equivalent time period). Reasons for this are numerous, and can include:

* A troper was slightly into Cryptozoology a few years ago, and I remember that there are quite a few examples of this in real life, including species that were thought extinct for quite some time, were discovered to be still around, but had been hunted or driven to extinction recently due to development and such.

* Reg Chronotis from ''DirkGently's Holistic Detective Agency'' went back in time in order to save the Coelacanth from extinction, at the price of having the dodo die out.

** Unfortunately, the Coelacanth is now an EndangeredSpecies again, due to pollution or overfishing or something. OrSoIHeard.