From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...

Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

The Trump administration has proposed changing the interpretation of the Endangered Species Act to allow developers to alter ...

Is the giant squid threatened with extinction? Jeaneth Larsen Mitchell ... millions of giant squid are living in the world’s oceans. This species will be around for a very long time.

The dire wolf has been brought back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, a U.S. biotech start-up has announced.

Emmet says this same species can be found year-round along the West Coast, from Baja California to Alaska. But in 2014, sea star wasting disease nearly brought them to extinction in our region.

On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction ... many large land mammals from the Americas near the end of the most recent glaciation.