When an animal moves from the endangered species list to being officially extinct, it's undeniably a sad day. The creature has gone the way of the dinosaur and the dodo, but on occasion ...

By Liz Kimbrough Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species ...

First spotted in 1889, the Barbados threadsnake is the smallest known species of snake in the world. When fully grown, it’s ...

Scientists at a Dallas-based biotech firm recently announced they have brought back the to life the dire wolf, a species popularized by the fantasy TV show "Game of Thrones." The company recently ...

The Mesozoic Era began with the Earth’s worst-ever extinction event. It is referred to as the Permian-Triassic extinction event because it spanned these geological Periods. You may also see it ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025.

And instead of raising money to get animals on the endangered species (list), let’s figure out a way to get them off.” Curator Ken Angielczyk talks about a dire wolf skull at the Field Museum ...

In 1984 the quagga, a South African zebra with stripes on the front half of its body that's been extinct since 1883, became the first extinct animal from which scientists extracted DNA using ...