The Oceanic country has been inhabited by numerous strange creatures, some of them already extinct, such as the moa, a ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

There are a number of incredible extinct creatures that once dominated the earth. Unfortunately, there are endangered species poised to be extinct by 2025 and other nearly extinct animals that are ...

Modern-day Wisconsin was once a shallow sea, home to coral reefs, giant jellyfish, pointy-shelled octopus relatives and other interesting creatures.

And no animal grabs the imagination more than the creature in the title of Shapiro’s new book, “How to Clone a Mammoth.” But asked what she’d most like to see brought back, Shapiro answers ...

The exhibition is a great addition to Marwell, offering families the chance to follow a trail which shines a spotlight on ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...

The animals it's creating will have core genes from those ancestors, engineered for the same niche the extinct species inhabited. The woolly mammoth, for instance, is being called an Arctic elephant.

DNA analysis of the animals' old stomping grounds, however, reveals a different story. ... "Scientists have argued for 100 years about why mammoths went extinct," Willerslev said.

Woolly mammoths may have gone extinct because of a rather less dramatic reason than some other theories—stuffy noses from allergies. Newsweek spoke to an author of the study for more information ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...