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. So even though we’ll be ...

An animal like the thylacine that died out almost a hundred years ago simply couldn't be brought back this way. But it could be an option for recently extinct species. In 2003, researchers ...

Forest ecologist Professor David Lindenmayer says the shock discovery of critically endangered Leadbeater's possum is likely ...

Her new sound installation blends the noises of endangered and extinct animals with her own voice, reading text she co-wrote alongside editor and photographer Aleph Molinari. "It is an emergency.

Just in the past decade, two mammal species have gone extinct ... Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his ...

Animals that birth de-extinct species could experience miscarriage ... He views de-extinction as a new tool conservationists might be able to use to help ecosystems – not the end-all-be-all ...

Shapiro's new book examines the capacity of science to bring back extinct animals. UC Santa Cruz Humans have long tinkered with life—what’s the most fascinating example? Domestication ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like ...

The finished animals, if born, may resemble their extinct counterparts in outward ... Perhaps we need new terms: synthetic proxies, ecological analogs or engineered restorations.

Although some biologists have since poured cold water on the actual science behind the dire wolf’s revival, there’s now talk about the possibility of bringing back – or “de-extincting” – animals like ...