The de-extinct dire wolves created by a biotechnology company are now old enough to breed, according to the firm behind the ...

As the Trump administration slashes funding for health, energy and climate research, there’s one science the administration is promoting: de-extinction. Earlier this month, a biotechnology company ...

Across the planet, islands are homes to species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else. Isolated from the mainland, these species become genetically different from close relatives simply ...

With wildlife populations globally 73% smaller on average than in 1970 and large mammals missing from much of the world, surely there's never been a better time to "de-extinct" species? US biotech ...

They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively—they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species. A Texas startup called ...

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA within. The scientists then plucked nuclei from these gene-edited ...

Winter is coming ... and so are the dire wolves. The large canines — best known for being featured in the HBO series "Game of Thrones" — went extinct nearly 13,000 years ago. But they're now making a ...