“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts — genetically ...

About 95 million years ago, a juvenile crocodyliform nicknamed Elton lived in what is now southwest Montana at the edge of the Western Interior Seaway. Measuring no more than 2 feet long from nose to ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025. Three pups ...

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how these creatures once roamed the planet with us, but now, they're just part of ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Dodo birds could return from extinction in just "five to seven years," according to a company that specializes in reviving extinct animals. The dodo bird went extinct less than 80 ...

What kid hasn’t dreamed of exploring the world when dinosaurs roamed the earth? Author and illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky put ...

A "de-extinction" company says it has revived the long-eradicated dire wolf species using a new gene-editing technology. The US start-up, Colossal Biosciences, said it had used "end-to-end ...

Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park" made dinosaurs hot again, tens of millions of years after they were wiped off the face of the planet. That popularity has never really waned, as new ...