Much of the debate around this issue has centered on whether gene-edited gray wolves can be accurately called "dire wolves" and if their creation can truly be considered "de-extinction." "It's ...

The dire wolf is back — at least according to the company that made headlines earlier this month for the world’s first “de-extinction.” Animal species are going extinct at an alarming rate.

Genetically modified wolf pups Romulus and Remus, two of three successfully bred by reconstructing a genome from the ancient DNA of fossils from the dire wolf that had been extinct for over 12,500 ...

The creation of genetically modified grey wolves that are claimed to resemble extinct dire wolves has been criticised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Colossal ...

Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to disappear, according to a study published in PLOS One by Christopher Laurikainen Gaete of the ...

We discovered fossilised teeth of the now extinct giant kangaroo genus Protemnodon at Mount Etna Caves, north of Rockhampton, in central eastern Queensland. Analysing the teeth gave us a glimpse ...

They felt endling was appropriate because “end-has several meanings, including ‘extinction’ and ‘finish, concluding part’;-ling is a suffix added to denote ‘connected with the primary ...

The tough decision of which species to save from extinction Roughly 1 million species of wildlife face extinction worldwide, according to a recent United Nations report. Ecologist and author ...

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek ...

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion spray-painted slogans on the building on Tuesday, including a crossed-out reference to 'DOGE' and messages opposing billionaire influence on climate policy.

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it’s us. The term “sixth mass extinction” isn’t just academic jargon. It’s being used by scientists to describe what they see as an escalating crisis in biodiversity loss. Species are ...