Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

Shark Week is one of TV’s longest running traditions – here’s how you can mark the Discovery Channel’s celebration in your ...

A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...

Lord of the Rings filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson, who is funding the ‘de-extinction’ project, says the successful reintroduction ...

Why Did The 'Great Dying' Last for Five Million Years? Science May Finally Have The Answer The Great Dying has remained a ...

‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa The moa had roamed New Zealand for 4,000 years until they became extinct around 600 years ago ...

(CNN) — A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands.

Big 12 Conference commissioner Brett Yormark is doubling down on his preference to stay with only five automatic qualifiers if the College Football Playoff does expand from 12 to 16 teams as many ...