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If we must bring back extinct species, let's focus on the giant herbivores
The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...
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The Earth’s Worst-Ever Extinction Event Wiped Out 90% of All Animal Species
The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.
The ‘return’ of an extinct wolf is not the answer to saving endangered species, experts warn
Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...
Texas biotech company known for bringing back extinct dire wolves works to save another wolf type
A Dallas-based biotech company that announced the rebirth of the dire wolf, which was popularized in "Game of Thrones," also ...
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How extinct animals could be brought back from the dead
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 ...
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The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction
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.
Of honeybees and polar bears: Saving beloved species isn't enough — but it's a good start
In conservation, the term "flagship species" is used to refer to animals that represent something bigger, like an entire ecosystem. For example, the polar bear represents the Arctic, sea turtles serve ...
Hundreds of fungi species could go extinct
When anything – a species, family or other group of animals or plants – goes extinct, it means there are no living members ...
Scientists say they revived dire wolf through biotech company's de-extinction process
Biotech company Colossal Biosciences said it has brought back the dire wolf, an animal that went extinct 10,000 years ago, ...
These fluffy white wolves explain everything wrong with bringing back extinct animals
The fluffy white canines — Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi — unveiled this week by Colossal Biosciences are closer to something ...
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The Earth’s Worst-Ever Extinction Event Wiped Out 90% of All Animal Species
In the Mesozoic Era, there are fossils that represent both extinct groups and modern groups of animals and plants. During the first period of the Mesozoic Era (Triassic Period), many new types of ...