In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...
Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...
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 ...
From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...
An image of the field site, Mount Etna, Rockhampton, central-eastern Queensland. Caves can be found on the western flank of Mount Etna. Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when ...
Colossal Biosciences aims to freeze millions of animal samples in the hope of saving endangered species, or one day resurrecting them.