When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

Ecosystems can temporarily bounce back when common ant species disappear. Other species may step in to perform similar roles.

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Recovering animals that are nearing extinction, like the black-footed ferret, was the whole point of the 1973 Endangered ...

Australia’s giant Protemnodon kangaroos didn’t die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat ...

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 ...

Skeptics also argue that animals manipulated to mimic extinct ones likely have no future in the wild. “They have to be taught how to live and hunt and take care of themselves,” Klugman said.

To achieve this, the company aims to revive several extinct species — including the woolly mammoth, the thylacine, and the dodo — and reintroduce them in the wild. Bringing back animals that ...

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Environmental groups said the rule change would allow timber, oil and mining activity, as well as other activities by individuals and the government, to destroy the habitats of endangered animals.