The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

Researchers from New Zealand will try to revive extinct birds, with help from Colossal Biosciences and film-maker Sir Peter Jackson.

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

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

Here, we take a look at just 13 school trips you'll likely remember from your childhood in Liverpool. Many are still loved by ...

A peculiar fossil egg, dubbed \"The Thing,\" discovered decades ago in Antarctica, has been identified as belonging to a ...

The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target has caused widespread alarm ...

You know him as the mastermind behind the epic films about hobbits and orcs, but now Peter Jackson is taking on a project that makes even Sauron’s return seem like a side hobby: he wants to bring back ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic ...

How close are we to bringing extinct species of wildlife back from the dead? Is deextinction really happening?

Gene editing technologies—such as those used in agriculture and de-extinction projects—can be repurposed to offer what an ...