For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in ...

In an East Village gallery, K Allado-McDowell has created an audiovisual tribute to species we have lost as a rehearsal for a ...

Scientists are warning that the next mass extinction event could be underway as species vanish at alarming rates due to ...

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the ...

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered ...

Shutterstock Image You may not have known that some of the most beloved animals came close to no longer existing. Luckily, ...

Scientists revisited tracks made by a shorebird, a lizard, a cat-like predator and some sort of large herbivore at what is ...

Elk are one of three deer species that are native to the UK, alongside red and roe deer. They became extinct in the UK about ...

Last seen in 2013, the elusive saola or 'Asian unicorn' may be extinct—or still hiding in Vietnam’s forests. New genetic ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

The resulting animals may look the part ... There are more grounded examples of near-de-extinction work—most notably the northern white rhinoceros. Only two females remain alive today, and ...

Stories of animals once thought extinct and reappearing after centuries give moments of hope and remind us that nature can be ...