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The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.
Many causes can contribute to the extinction of a species. Luckily, these animals once thought on the brink of extinction are making a comeback. Here's how.
A new study co-authored by BirdLife’s Chief Scientist Dr Stuart Butchart and published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals ...
ANDERSON — There is no activity that coincides with summer quite like catching lightning bugs, also known as fireflies.
Although we have many problems with critically endangered species today, it used to be a lot worse. Before the times of protection and conservation animals were often poached and overhunted to the ...
From an Australian frog that swallowed its own eggs to woolly mammoths, scientists could soon bring back long-lost species from the dead.
Colossal Biosciences, which aims to revive extinct species, announced it has raised an additional $200 million. Critics say de-extinction in its purest sense isn’t possible.
Animalia The dodo bird is extinct. This scientist says she can bring it back. The company she works for is betting millions it can realize a once-far-fetched idea of “de-extinction.” ...
The recent claim the long extinct dire wolf was resurrected made headlines around the world. But bioethicists and ecologists say there are ethical concerns.
There’s No ‘Undo’ Button for Extinct Species When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy.
The finished animals, if born, may resemble their extinct counterparts in outward appearance and some behavior—but they will not be genetically identical.
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a ...