An animal long believed to be possibly extinct has reappeared after nearly 30 years. Scientists in Thailand recently ...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...
In 2025, the world marked another sad milestone in the ongoing loss of biodiversity: multiple species long missing from their ...
There are many cute endangered species, and sadly their charm endangers them even more, like these 25 cutest animals that are ...
This proposal has drawn criticism from legal scholars and conservationists, who argue that habitat modification poses a major ...
Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences used genetic editing techniques to alter 20 genes of gray wolves (pictured above) to express certain characteristics of ancient dire wolves. The company says ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
Most of us saw Jurassic Park and its many sequels as a cautionary tale. Some scientists, however, apparently saw it as a game plan. While no one has brought dinosaurs back (yet), Texas-based genetic ...
Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...
Earlier this week, Time published an explosive story about an American company that reportedly revived a long-extinct species, the dire wolf. To some, it’s a scientific miracle: Some 10,000 years ...
Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...