Scientists plan to revive the extinct dodo by 2028 using pigeon DNA and CRISPR. It's part of a bold de-extinction mission ...

Now that a "de-extinction" company says it has revived the dire wolf species that was extinct for over 10,000 years, could ...

The three wolves – named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi – live in a private facility and have reportedly grown as big as 80 ...

In a bold and ambitious attempt to reverse extinction, Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based de-extinction company, is ...

As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...

The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th-century European sailors on the island of ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died ... For decades, this unassuming bird has perplexed biologists, who ...

Scientists at a Dallas, Texas-based company recently announced that they would be attempting to bring the dodo bird, which became extinct in 1681, back to life with a process called de-extinction.

Julian explains what went wrong for the dodo, why artists exaggerate and which other forgotten species died out alongside the bird. Despite its relatively recent extinction, the life history of the ...