When you think of predators, you likely imagine big animals with sharp claws or teeth, like tigers or sharks. Over 100 ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

To save what’s left of nature, governments must follow through on their 2022 commitment to conserve 30% of the world’s land ...

Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

Cloning has been used to briefly bring back the pyrenean ibex, which went extinct in 2000. In 2003, a Spanish team brought a cloned calf to term, but the animal died a few minutes after birth.

the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum shared his thoughts on resurrecting other extinct animals — and is reconsidering the endangered species list. On Monday, April 7, the former North ...

Meachen is a de-extinction skeptic when it comes to the unknowns of introducing a species to a new ecosystem. “Maybe we can make these animals again, and that’s cool, but what are we gonna do ...

A number of experts say that bringing back extinct animals will not solve any conservation problems and that efforts would be better spent trying to find ways to save current critically endangered ...

No, dire wolves are not “back.” But pretending they can be brought back is a good excuse to gut regulations that protect real ...

To the public, de-extinction often evokes images of Jurassic Park-style resurrection: a recreation of a lost animal, reborn into the modern world. In scientific circles, however, the term ...

This is often cited as the first example of de-extinction. However, the only preserved tissue was from one female animal, meaning it could not have been used to bring back a viable population.

The company's broader efforts to de-extinct other flashy animals like the woolly mammoth are "as far as conservation efforts go — incredibly misguided," said elephant conservation expert Nitin ...