A solar radiation storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago, showering the planet with high-energy particles and leaving a spike in ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotech company, made headlines this April after falsely claiming to resurrect the ...

Long before modern wildlife, Earth was home to colossal creatures that were truly larger than life. From towering mammals to ...

Earlier this year, to breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences claimed to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the long-extinct dire wolf. Scientific criticism ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

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

Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed.

Where is the habitat for an animal that was adapted for preying on now-extinct megafauna like ground sloths and giant ...

Scientists believe the answer lies in a dramatic period during the middle Cretaceous, around 94 million years ago, when top marine predators were lost in a mass extinction event. According to a new ...

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the long-extinct dire wolf. Scientific criticism followed fast. The ...