Why are dinosaurs dying in Jurassic World Rebirth? One of the franchise’s biggest twists revealed

Jurassic World Rebirth takes place mainly on an isolated island, which serves as the only suitable place for the survival of the remaining dinosaurs. In that context, it stands apart from the franchise predecessors, which usually captured the omnipresent danger of these creatures across the planet.

The characters used to be scared of dinosaurs because they could come from anywhere to terrorize. Gareth Edwards' new film also revolves around this unpredictability of their appearance. Yet, it is more about the sense of discovery since these ancient creatures can survive in a few places on the Earth, like the Ile Saint-Hubert island. The film makes it clear that the dinosaurs find it habitable as compared to any other part of the Earth.

Set five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, it reveals that a large chunk of dinosaurs are dead, which begs the question: Why are dinosaurs dying in Jurassic World Rebirth?

The reason is the rapidly changing climatic conditions, which make it difficult for them to survive. They seemingly carry forward this trait from their ancient ancestors, who were living at a time with significantly fewer fluctuations in their ecosystem. This is reportedly why they have been dying since the end of Dominion, which hinted at humans and dinosaurs co-existing in peace and harmony.

With a team heading to an island with an old InGen research facility, Jurassic World Rebirth reintroduces one of the franchise's biggest twists, earlier witnessed in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers. Readers’ discretion is advised.

Jurassic World Rebirth shows its experts learning about an InGen facility on a secret island

Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett (Image via Universal Pictures)

In 1993, Spielberg's Jurassic Park became a huge box office success. It essentially paved the way for a full-fledged franchise that has been revived more than once. One of these efforts was in 1997 through The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The film wasn't a reboot but a sequel to the 1993 film. It followed the fate of its team of experts, who are pulled back to an island to work with dinosaurs.

The island in question, Isla Sorna, was previously used by InGen to breed dinosaurs. In Jurassic World Rebirth, the new team of experts also finds an InGen facility on a hidden island. It was the home of failed mutation experiments that led to hybrid dinosaurs. The team is meant to exploit them for the benefit of a corporate entity, much like the team in the 1997 film was expected to do. It seemingly ties into the new dinosaurs' existence near equatorial regions.

Rebirth shows characters living in an equatorial region for a particular reason

A still from Jurassic World Rebirth (Image via Universal Pictures)

Jurassic World Rebirth shows its dinosaurs living on an equatorial island because the climate near the equator happens to be more consistent than the other parts of the Earth.

As established before, dinosaurs need a similar climate to survive. That is how they find themselves in that particular space of oxygen-rich land. It is why they must have settled there to avoid extinction like the rest of the dinosaurs.

At the end of the film, Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) open-source the collected DNA samples to help humanity at large. With this thread, the franchise can come up with another installment. However, no such project has been officially announced yet. Hopefully, we will get more updates soon.