Scientists have used selective breeding of modern cattle in attempts to recreate an animal that resembles the auroch, the wild ancestor of today's breeds. Cloning has been used to briefly bring back ...

How mammoths could be our surprising climate saviours However, genome reconstruction is not the only method scientists could use to resurrect extinct animals. The aurochs, a type of prehistoric ...

As human beings have grown wealthier, they have come to care about environmental stewardship and gained the resources to act on their newfound compassion for wildlife.

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

A number of experts say that bringing back extinct animals will not solve any conservation problems and that efforts would be better spent trying to find ways to save current critically endangered ...

To the public, de-extinction often evokes images of ... breeding of modern cattle in attempts to recreate an animal that resembles the auroch , the wild ancestor of today's breeds.

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 ...