The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

This now-extinct animal stood about 2.5 feet tall at the shoulder and had notable long, curved horns. Sadly, the bluebuck disappeared around the year 1800, mainly because of overhunting and having ...

But mammoths and Asian elephants diverged hundreds of thousands of years ago and differ by an estimated 1.5 million genetic variants. Editing all of these is, for now, impossible.

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out in just a few decades, the dodo has become a symbol of extinction and ...

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...

Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits The continent was teeming with enormous kangaroos, wombats, and tapir-like marsupials only 50,000 years ago.

Quincy Levine May 1, 2025 Although the wooly mammoth is something out of the Natural History Museum, an American biotechnology company is currently attempting to de-extinct animals once thought lost ...

Dire wolves went extinct roughly 13,000 years ago. Their skeletal remains have been found in North and South America, according to the National Park Service.