The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to ...
The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.
The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore ...
Colossal Biosciences is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to launch a biobank to save endangered species.
In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...
New research identifies 10,443 critically endangered species worldwide, with effective protection strategies available if funding and political will follow. More than 1,500 species, or 15% of the ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
The ‘megafish’ living in southeast Asia’s Mekong River once faced extinction. A new rapid response system is helping reverse ...
Many animal species were on the verge of extinction, but thanks to conservation programs, sanctuaries, and breeding efforts, ...
Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...
In the world of biology, being declared extinct is usually a permanent sentence, but nature occasionally loves to prove us wrong. These incredible animals, often referred to as "Lazarus species," ...