Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 150 million years. Compared to the mere 4–6 million years that scientists believe humans ...

Mass extinction sounds scary, but it’s basically nature’s biggest reset button. Throughout Earth’s history, there have been five major events where huge numbers of species disappeared quickly, and ...

A super tusker isn’t just any elephant. These are bulls with tusks so massive that each one weighs at least 100 pounds.

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

For most of human history, extinction has been understood as an immutable fact of nature—a one-way door that, once closed, could never be reopened. Species disappear, their genetic innovations vanish ...

The sci-fi fairytale of de-extinction may become a reality. Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences announced they have revived dire wolves from extinction, unveiling three canines it has genetically ...

With much controversy swirling around Colossal's proxy dire wolves, we spoke with the company's CEO to find out how these animals were created and what so-called de-extinction technology could mean ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 are threatened with extinction. On that list are 17,903 marine species that ...

Colossal’s latest announcement indicates that the dodo could be de-extinct within a decade, as its dire wolves thrive and ...

In primary school, we learned that pollinators jump from flower to flower and help plants reproduce, giving us a myriad of vegetables, flowers and fruits. We learned that a pollinator can be a bee, a ...

Capitalist self-interest, combined with intensive regulation, can work — even when it’s being driven by our obsession with ...