Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

It is often said that the passenger pigeon, once among the most abundant birds in North America, traveled in flocks so enormous that they darkened the skies for hours as they passed. The idea that the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 24, 2023) — The history of life on Earth has been punctuated by several mass extinctions, the greatest of these being the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as ...

Beijing, Feb 6 (EFE).- Chinese scientists have determined the precise timing of the largest mass extinction of life on Earth, which occurred over 250 million years ago. The researchers found that ...

Scientists have announced the first de-extinction of an animal species, reintroducing the dire wolf back into the world. Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering company, birthed three dire wolves, ...

"We should never forget that it is these personal struggles that make up the extinction process ... Extinction is not a cold calculus about the numbers of breeding females and the degree of genetic ...

After more than 12,000 years, dire wolves are back. On April 8, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of three healthy dire wolf pups, marking the world’s first successful de-extinction of a ...