Millions of animals are at risk, but what are the rarest animals in the world? These are some of the most endangered animals, ...

From Paradise Parrot to Japanese Sea Lion, here are some animal species that went extinct, primarily due to human-driven ...

As unbelievable as it may seem, woolly mammoths are potentially returning to our planet. According to an article from The ...

Reintroduction of captive-bred animals has had mixed success. This California butterfly lost habitat to grazing and drought and is considered to be extinct. The last live one was seen in the wild ...

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 ...

The biotech company Colossal Biosciences has long aspired to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, which roamed the Northern Hemisphere thousands of years ago, during the last ice age. But for now, ...

An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon ...

The last mammoths went extinct about 4,000 years ... but questions remain about how to ensure living proxies for extinct animals have good lives and are provided with the right kinds of learned ...