Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)—a species that went extinct about 13,000 years ago. The breakthrough has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dire wolves Romulus and Remus next to each other in the snow at five months old. The sci-fi fairytale of de-extinction may become ...

Colossal Biosciences has just announced a world first breakthrough in avian genetics and secured $120 million in new funding to accelerate its dodo de-extinction project. To understand what this means ...

Courtesy of Colossal Colossal Biosciences has been chasing de-extinction since its founding in 2021, and with their latest discovery, they appear to have accomplished their task. The Dallas-based ...

While de-extinction often conjures images of scientific ambition divorced from conservation reality, Colossal Biosciences has developed a conservation-oriented approach to species restoration. Every ...

Dire wolves, the canine companions from Game of Thrones and an extinct species of the real world, are back, but how did they make their return? A new documentary plans to reveal the scientific ...

The term “de-extinction” often conjures images of Jurassic Park-style genetic manipulation, complete with ethical dilemmas and ecological chaos. But the reality of functional de-extinction—the ...

The scientist leading a push to resurrect the thylacine expects to make a major breakthrough in the ambitious project this ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...