Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...

The famed Lord of the Rings director has donated his money and his bones to make a legend come to life with Colossal ...

A high-tech company is confident that extinct beasts as far back as the ice age — like the woolly mammoth — can be resurrected by 2028, all thanks to a bankroll by Hollywood A-listers like ...

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...

It became extinct in the 1600s. Although long gone, ... I think the ethical issue here was the impropriety of humans making these animals extinct in the first place.

Unlike body fossils such as bones and teeth, these trace fossils indicate the daily activities of long-extinct animals, according to the scientists. To create 3D models of the tracks, ...

Neanderthals went extinct. Our species, Homo sapiens, has been around for at least 200,000 years. That's a long time, but like all animals on Earth we are at risk of becoming extinct.

Colossal Biosciences, a company that aims to “de-extinct” animals, announced Monday its scientists successfully genetically engineered three wolves to resemble the long-extinct dire wolf. The ...

The finished animals, if born, may resemble their extinct counterparts in outward appearance and some behavior—but they will not be genetically identical. Rather, they will be hybrids, mosaics ...

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades.

It became extinct in the 1600s. Although long gone, auroch genes can still be found in various breeds of cattle around the continent, ... Even if we can bring back extinct animals, ...