The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing.

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

Live Science asked Colossal whether there were any health risks associated with genetically engineering living animals to be more like extinct animals. Colossal’s chief science officer, Beth Shapiro, ...

The Oceanic country has been inhabited by numerous strange creatures, some of them already extinct, such as the moa, a ...

These recently extinct animals were part of our shared world until not so long ago. They had names, behaviors, and roles in their ecosystems. #7 Great Auk - Extinct 1852 ...

First spotted in 1889, the Barbados threadsnake is the smallest known species of snake in the world. When fully grown, it’s ...

On July 23, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science hosted a Science Spotlight, highlighting Alaina Wiwi — a paleoartist for the “Hall of Ancient Life.” The exhibit opened in February ...