During a gold-digging expedition in the Kolyma region, Russian miners made an incredible discovery – a perfectly preserved ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

For scientists and conservationists, knowing how species survive planetary crises can lead to more effective protection of vulnerable species.

Rather than resurrect extinct species, cloning technology could save those at risk of dying out, like the red wolf, but only with solid conservation efforts and habitat protections ...

"There has been a bewildering array of different ecological roles for crocodylomorphs, from terrestrial herbivores and ...

From saber-toothed cats to dire wolves, North America was once home to terrifying predators now long extinct. But with advances in genetic technology, some scientists believe these apex hunters could ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...

Colossal Biosciences revealed recently it had born three pups using the ancient DNA of the dire wolf, which went extinct ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

The much-publicized introduction of genetically modified cubs that share features of extinct dire wolves sparked claims ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...