Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.

An ancient fossil of a rudist from before the last mass extinction. These bivalves could grow to a meter high. Credit: Smithsonian Institution ...

Leader and Life Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be ...

We’re in a biodiversity crisis, but it's tough to compare it to past periods of mass death.

Colossal's years-long de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards and the "illusory truth effect" — where if you repeat something enough times, people will believe it.

Generative AI in film: Promise Studios’ Dave Clark talks ‘NinjaPunk,’ ‘Extinction,’ and the future of hybrid production.

With much controversy swirling around Colossal's proxy dire wolves, we spoke with the company's CEO to find out how these animals were created and what so-called de-extinction technology could ...

A version of this article appears in print on April 20, 2025, Section SR, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Come With Me If You Want to Survive An Age of Extinction.

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Colossal claimed the genetically engineered pups are the first dire wolves in 10,000 years. Scientists say they are impressive but not an example of “de-extinction.” ...

Colossal Biosciences, the world’s only de-extinction company, announced it has rebirthed dire wolf puppies using DNA from a tooth and skull.

Colossal, the company looking to bring back the woolly mammoth from extinction has born three dire wolves, an animal extinct for 13,000 years.