Animals have been going extinct since life began - it is not a modern phenomenon. Scientists estimate that 98% of all the organisms that ever existed on the Earth are now extinct. So what is the ...

But as the science advances, a deeper question lingers: how close must the result ... wolf to mimic key traits of the extinct dire wolf. The resulting animals may look the part, but with so ...

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and ...

Time magazine captured the news eloquently with a cover picture of the dire wolf, which bears a close ... of another animal quite similar to the species or character of that extinct animal.

Australia’s giant Protemnodon kangaroos didn’t die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. When news broke that Colossal Biosciences ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

How Trump plans to change the Endangered Species Act The Trump administration has announced major changes to the Endangered Species Act, the landmark law signed by President Richard Nixon that's ...

It’s not even close. — Paul S. Knoepfler, UC Davis Umm, not so fast. Many in the genetics community have questioned whether the three animals produced at Colossal’s genetics laboratory and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Sihek bird, an endangered animal who recently returned to the wild, has laid eggs on their new home at Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific. The eggs laid mark the ...