The de-extinction of dire wolves has proven that science can. As they mull the return of dodos and mammoths next, the ...

Colossal Biosciences revealed recently it had born three pups using the ancient DNA of the dire wolf, which went extinct ...

The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...

Ethicists and conservationists appear to be divided over what the purpose of bringing back extinct species should be – and whether it matters.

Fiorentino noted that over a third of ant species have gone extinct in what is now the Dominican Republic since this amber formed. "Understanding what has driven this pattern of local extinction ...

OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture--The Japanese wolf, a species thought to have gone extinct more than a century ago, may still roam the rugged mountain terrain of central Japan--but finding solid proof ...

like giant species of horse and bison, have also gone extinct. What’s more, Colossal doesn’t currently have a breeding population of the animals, so their pups don’t really have a pack to ...

However, due to malformed lungs, the kid soon died from suffocation, living only a few minutes and giving the species the distinction of being the only one on Earth to have gone extinct twice.

Many species of megafauna became extinct near the time dire wolves became extinct. Phillips said the lack of prey is likely a factor in the extinction of dire wolves. Climate change and possibly ...

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with corrected information about Stanley Temple’s 2013 TEDx Talk and Revive & Restore’s partnership with the Applied Ecological Institute, Stratifyx and UW ...