The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning, according to officials.

The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St ...