Cloning long-extinct or even currently endangered species has caveats and is not a straightforward or simple process. There is a high rate of fetal loss, as well as mortality soon after birth.

The Tasmanian tiger went extinct due to overhunting and disease The Tasmanian tiger was once abundant in Australia. However, between 3,600 and 3,200 years ago, it became extinct.

An update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species has declared 31 animal and plant species extinct. That total includes the lost shark, listed as ...

The dire wolf, a large, wolflike species that went extinct about 12,000 years ago, has been in the news after biotech company Colossal claimed to have resurrected it using cloning and gene-editing ...

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago. The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to shock the ...

5 extinct species we hope science never brings back by: Russell Falcon Posted: Apr 9, 2025 / 01:05 AM CDT Updated: Apr 9, 2025 / 01:05 AM CDT ...

Finding a species long thought to be extinct is a dream of many naturalists and ecologists. One family in Sri Lanka got to have this amazing experience.