regex to extract URLs from text - Ruby - ruby-on-rails

I am trying to detect the urls from a text and replace them by wrapping in quotes like below:
original text: Hey, it is a url here www.example.com
required text: Hey, it is a url here "www.example.com"
original text show my input value and required text represents the required output. I searched a lot on web but could not find any possible solution. I already have tried URL.extract feature but that doesn't seem to detect URLs without http or https. Below are the examples of some of urls I want to deal with. Kindly let me know if you know the solution.
ANQUETIL-DUPERRON Abraham-Hyacinthe, KIEFFER Jean-Luc, www.hominides.net/html/actualites/outils-preuve-presence-hominides-asie-0422.php,Les Belles lettres, 2001.
https://www.ancient-code.com/indian-archeologists-stumbleacross-ruins-great-forgotten-civilization-mizoram/
www.jstor.org/stable/24084454
www.biorespire.com/2016/03/22/une-nouvelle-villeantique-d%C3%A9couverte-en-inde/
insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/terre-et-vie/de-nouvellesdatations-repoussent-l-age-de-l-apparition-d-outils-surle-so
www.cerege.fr/spip.php?page=pageperso&id_user=94

Find words who look like urls:
str = "ANQUETIL-DUPERRON Abraham-Hyacinthe, KIEFFER Jean-Luc, www.hominides.net/html/actualites/outils-preuve-presence-hominides-asie-0422.php,Les Belles lettres, 2001.\n\nhttps://www.ancient-code.com/indian-archeologists-stumbleacross-ruins-great-forgotten-civilization-mizoram/\n\nwww.jstor.org/stable/24084454\n\nwww.biorespire.com/2016/03/22/une-nouvelle-villeantique-d%C3%A9couverte-en-inde/\n\ninsu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/terre-et-vie/de-nouvellesdatations-repoussent-l-age-de-l-apparition-d-outils-surle-so\n\nwww.cerege.fr/spip.php?page=pageperso&id_user=94"
str.split.select{|w| w[/(\b+\.\w+)/]}
This will give you an array of words which have no spaces and include a one or more . characters which MIGHT work for your use case.
puts str.split.select{|w| w[/(\b+\.\w+)/]}
www.hominides.net/html/actualites/outils-preuve-presence-hominides-asie-0422.php,
https://www.ancient-code.com/indian-archeologists-stumbleacross-ruins-great-forgotten-civilization-mizoram/
www.jstor.org/stable/24084454
www.biorespire.com/2016/03/22/une-nouvelle-villeantique-d%C3%A9couverte-en-inde/
insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/terre-et-vie/de-nouvellesdatations-repoussent-l-age-de-l-apparition-d-outils-surle-so
www.cerege.fr/spip.php?page=pageperso&id_user=94
Updated
Complete solution to modify your string:
str_with_quote = str.clone # make a clone for the `gsub!`
str.split.select{|w| w[/(\b+\.\w+)/]}
.each{|url| str_with_quote.gsub!(url, '"' + url + '"')}
Now your cloned object wraps urls inside double quotes
puts str_with_quote
Will give you this output
ANQUETIL-DUPERRON Abraham-Hyacinthe, KIEFFER Jean-Luc, "www.hominides.net/html/actualites/outils-preuve-presence-hominides-asie-0422.php,Les" Belles lettres, 2001.
"https://www.ancient-code.com/indian-archeologists-stumbleacross-ruins-great-forgotten-civilization-mizoram/"
"www.jstor.org/stable/24084454"
"www.biorespire.com/2016/03/22/une-nouvelle-villeantique-d%C3%A9couverte-en-inde/"
"insu.cnrs.fr/terre-solide/terre-et-vie/de-nouvellesdatations-repoussent-l-age-de-l-apparition-d-outils-surle-so"
"www.cerege.fr/spip.php?page=pageperso&id_user=94"

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but I jest...
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