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

However, genome reconstruction is not the only method scientists could use to resurrect extinct animals. The aurochs, a type of prehistoric cow, is the subject of ancient cave paintings around the ...

About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to ...

It sounds like science fiction, but across the world, scientists are working to revive animals that vanished long ago. The field of de-extinction is gaining momentum ... Ancestors of modern cattle, ...

A biotech company made history with the birth of three genetically engineered wolves: What we know about these prehistoric ...

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.