Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. The species — which looks like a strange mix ...

Modern genetic research is “pushing the boundaries of what’s possible” by bringing extinct animals back to life, but could it ...

De-extinction. It’s not a word many of us were thinking about just a decade ago, but it’s one that we’re getting ever more familiar with. The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has set its ...

The term “de-extinction” often conjures images of Jurassic Park-style genetic manipulation, complete with ethical dilemmas and ecological chaos. But the reality of functional de-extinction—the ...

The field of genetics is undergoing a quiet revolution, and it’s happening in the laboratories where scientists are learning to resurrect the genetic blueprints of extinct species. What began as an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us learned about extinction in high school biology, but did you know that de-extinction is real, too? The dire wolf, which ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said this week it has hatched live chicks in an ...

While there have been some scientific advances in genetic engineering, we are still far from successfully bringing back a species that has disappeared from the planet. But as we discussed last week, ...

Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)—a species that went extinct about 13,000 years ago. The breakthrough has been ...