After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now announced plans to ...

But rediscovering a species previously thought to be extinct provides a spark of hope. The animals found across the globe included such species as reptiles, fish and mammals.

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

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Extinction isn't a relic of humanity's more barbaric past. It's happening now. In 2023, U.S. scientists declared 21 species officially extinct. Included on the shameful list are birds, mussels ...

14 ocean animals have gone extinct in the last 100 years, and 72 are on the verge of extinction. An international deal was reached Saturday to protect marine wildlife, after decades of talk.

While extinctions occur naturally — more than 99% of all species to ever exist have already gone extinct — human activity can dramatically speed up the rate of species extinction — an idea ...

What we lose when animals go extinct. Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans.

In the case of the thylacine, the first step is sequencing the extinct animal's DNA – the genetic blueprint contained in every single cell of the body. Pask did this in 2017.

A Lazarus taxon is a species that was once thought to be extinct, then unexpectedly reappears: Here's 11 of the most famous among them.

Kangaroo species went extinct in the Pleistocene. Research hops in with a possible explanation. In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, ...

In the case of the thylacine, the first step is sequencing the extinct animal's DNA – the genetic blueprint contained in every single cell of the body. Pask did this in 2017.