Much of the debate around this issue has centered on whether gene-edited gray wolves can be accurately called "dire wolves" and if their creation can truly be considered "de-extinction." "It's ...

The creation of genetically modified grey wolves that are claimed to resemble extinct dire wolves has been criticised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Colossal ...

They felt endling was appropriate because “end-has several meanings, including ‘extinction’ and ‘finish, concluding part’;-ling is a suffix added to denote ‘connected with the primary ...

We discovered fossilised teeth of the now extinct giant kangaroo genus Protemnodon at Mount Etna Caves, north of Rockhampton, in central eastern Queensland. Analysing the teeth gave us a glimpse ...

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek ...

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion spray-painted slogans on the building on Tuesday, including a crossed-out reference to 'DOGE' and messages opposing billionaire influence on climate policy.

Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to disappear, according to a study published in PLOS One by Christopher Laurikainen Gaete of the ...

Bigger mammals usually roam more widely than smaller relatives, but fossils indicate this wasn’t true for extinct giant kangaroos. The findings could help explain the extinction of these great ...

it’s us. The term “sixth mass extinction” isn’t just academic jargon. It’s being used by scientists to describe what they see as an escalating crisis in biodiversity loss. Species are ...

If you were to line up every species on Earth in the order of most to least at risk of extinction, explains John Wiens, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona ...

This achievement—bringing back an animal extinct for over 12,000 years—required innovations that push the boundaries of what’s possible in genomics, computational biology, gene editing, and ...

Effort part of environmental initiative aimed at assessing shark population Although Oman ranks only 17th globally in shark fin exports, it remains a key player in the international trade — a ...