In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species lasts forever.

A biotech company says CRISPR could revive extinct animals like the dodo and mammoth — but many scientists remain skeptical.

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

How do you save a species on the brink of extinction? According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), ...

Christopher Lean receives funding from the Australian Government through the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (project number CE200100029). Andrew James Latham has been supported by a ...