Scientists are working on some amazing projects to bring extinct animals back to life by 2028! The woolly mammoth, a giant furry elephant-like creature that roamed the Ice Age, is one of the top ...

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a megafauna-hunting wolf species that had been extinct for 10,000 years. Within two days ...

(CNN) — A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction, has made some headway, according to ...

Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

De-extinction, as it’s been termed, hasn’t happened in over 3 billion years of life on Earth, so it will be an epic event if and when it happens. It can potentially be done using eggs and sperm that ...

These animals were thought to have vanished forever, only to make a surprising return. These remarkable animals are living proof that it's possible to reverse the damage we've done to the planet. They ...

In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird species, some of which were believed to be extinct for decades As they attempt to eradicate invasive ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the ...