The El Rincon stream frog is an endemic species on the Argentinian Somuncurá Plateau, and it's being protected by local ranchers.

But as cool as dinosaurs are, they aren't the only extinct prehistoric creatures worth studying. What about the so-called "hell pigs" (entelodonts)? Or gorilla-horse hybrids (chalicotheres)?

The Earth’s historical past was home to some of the most massive and terrifying creatures that reigned as the topmost frightening predators of the land, some of which reached sizes and developed ...

Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning “Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.” By Bianca Bosker ...

An Artist Honors Extinct Plants and Animals at New York’s Swiss Institute In an East Village gallery, K Allado-McDowell has created an audiovisual tribute to species we have lost as a rehearsal ...

Quincy Levine May 1, 2025 Although the wooly mammoth is something out of the Natural History Museum, an American biotechnology company is currently attempting to de-extinct animals once thought lost ...

There are so many animals that have gone extinct through the ages that we’re choosing to focus just on creatures that went extinct relatively recently: from 1800 onward.

Which extinct animal from upstate New York should be brought back?There are no current serious plans to bring any of these back — for the most part — but if you could play god for a day, which ...

What should we make of 'de-extinction' claims? And why are prices falling in the art market? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.

The recent claim the long extinct dire wolf was resurrected made headlines around the world. But bioethicists and ecologists say there are ethical concerns.

If we can only recover fragments of an extinct creature's genome—and must build the rest with modern substitutes—is that really de-extinction, or are we simply creating lookalikes?