and functional extinction is when the species is alive, but there are too few individuals remaining to repopulate, like the ...

The Indonesian coelacanth, a fish once thought to be extinct for 70 million years, was discovered alive in greater numbers than anticipated. Divers recently found and photographed a living coelacanth ...

Evidence suggests that species thought to be extinct are still very much alive, and wildlife biologist Forrest Galante ventures from the Florida Everglades to remote jungles in a search for the truth.

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

For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in ...

When you think of extinct species ... This confirmed for the researchers that the species was still alive, and another happy accident backed up their theory a month later. In a village in northern ...

Scientists from Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences are working to revive extinct animals in order ... s the key to the survival of keystone species that keep entire ...

Last seen in 2013, the elusive saola or 'Asian unicorn' may be extinct—or still hiding in Vietnam’s forests. New genetic ...

Mystery surrounded the little lizard over the next three decades — was it extinct or were the two male specimens originally found actually just juveniles from another gecko species, as some ...