China launched a breeding program in 1985 to bring Przewalski's horses back to their ancestral homeland, using 24 horses ...

The cover of Time Magazine’s May edition features a striking image of a large, white wolf. Above it, the word “extinct” in ...

Before the 20th century, the South African plains were home to a unique species of zebra that was brutally hunted to ...

The challenge with de-extinction efforts is that they pull the spotlight away from the gravest crises on the planet.

While there could be thousands of billions of ants crawling around the Earth today, few match the fiercity of the extinct “hell ... discovered a new fossil ant species representing the earliest ...

Colossal Biosciences' claim to have achieved the 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the ...

The bird species was previously declared extinct from its native island of Guam in the 1980s. The Sihek Recovery Program released nine young Sihek — four females and five males — at TNC's ...

The eggs laid mark the first wild eggs from the species in approximately 40 years. 7 secrets behind the world’s most celebrated hula Nine Sihek, also known as Guam kingfishers, were released at ...

Przewalski’s horse, or the Takhi, is the only remaining true wild horse species. By the mid-20th century, it was extinct in the wild. However, zoos like the San Diego Zoo partnered to reestablish ...

Genetics tells us a lot about our current population stability. Early human species almost went extinct before leaving Africa due to severe climatic events some 930,000–813,000 years ago ...

Three extinct-in-the-wild Socorro dove chicks have hatched at London Zoo, marking a hopeful milestone in the bid to bring the species back from the brink of extinction. The trio, who emerged from ...

Colossal’s woolly mammoth patent application, with its descriptions of modified cells and animals, represents “the current standard in biotech cases,” says Cassie Edgar, a partner at the law firm ...