Picture this: snow dusts the ground of a vast plain. Mountains rise in the distance, powerful winds sweep chilly air from the ...

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

Understandably, this has generated a lot of “Jurassic Park”-like excitement, and the press coverage has been intense. One ...

Revive the woolly mammoth1? It is an utterly mad idea. The furry pachyderm with the twisty tusks that went extinct 4,000 ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

However, Nitin Sekar, a conservation scientist with the Asian elephant specialist ... of the Arctic with woolly mammoths. This would require engineering a lot of baby mammoth proxies, which ...

For 'Jurassic Park' fans wondering if that technology could actually exist, one company is working on something similar — ...

Gene editing can cure illnesses, ensure global food security, conserve species and more. But its risks of misuse are ...