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.

Cover Images via AP; Alamy Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last seen in its natural habitat in 1936.

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy. By Brooke Jarvis Brooke Jarvis is a contributing writer for ...

Ocean's loss of oxygen caused massive Jurassic extinction: Could it happen again?. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 27, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 / 240626152059.htm ...

Mystery surrounded the little lizard over the next three decades - was it extinct, or were the two male specimens originally found actually just juveniles from another gecko species, as some ...

Although the fur trade was stopped in the 1930s, many koala populations had already been driven to extinction. The loss of their habitat threatened the marsupials throughout the twentieth century ...

Cheetahs, the fastest mammals on Earth, are now in a race against extinction. It’s estimated that fewer than 7,000 exist in the wild. John Yang speaks with Laurie Marker, a woman who has already ...

The hope is that, if magnolias ever go extinct, the cryopreserved plants can be thawed out and reestablished in the wild. “It’s a garden on standby for things that can be lost,” Folgado says ...

RAND takes big threats to humanity seriously, so I, skeptical about AI’s human extinction potential, proposed a project to research whether it could. If you're enjoying this article, consider ...

In a recent interview with FOX 13 News, Dr. Tyler Faith, Chief Curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah, discussed groundbreaking research focused on the concept of de-extinction — bringing ...

May 27, 2025 — Researchers conducted a systematic review of 99 scientific publications that compared the flora or fauna of old-growth forests, managed forests and clearcut sites in boreal Europe ...

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