Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, with many going extinct — the most iconic being the ...

As the power of gene editing becomes more advanced, ideas that once seemed like science fiction are rapidly becoming a ...

Earlier this year, to breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences claimed to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the long-extinct dire wolf. Scientific criticism ...

We’re all used to seeing birds like pigeons on city roads, parrots that talk, or eagles flying high in the sky. But the bird ...

In a stunning turn of events, the harpy eagle, once thought to be extinct in Mexico, has been rediscovered in the Lacandon ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

A grasshopper thought extinct since 1980 was found alive in Cape Verde. Scientists call it a living fossil and urge ...

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered ...

Named for the crone-bird hybrid of Greek mythology, the appearance of this large and majestic raptor is worthy of the ...

Last seen in 2013, the elusive saola or 'Asian unicorn' may be extinct—or still hiding in Vietnam’s forests. New genetic ...

The saola, an antelope-like bovine, is one of the world's rarest and most endangered mammals. In fact, it hasn't been observed in over 10 years. Researchers have now mapped the saola's complete genome ...

Is it extinct, or does it still roam somewhere deep in the misty highland forests of Vietnam and Laos? It has been nicknamed ...