The predator was once widely seen in forested areas. Habitat loss, lack of prey and poaching are key contributors to the loss ...

"Exciting and quite unexpected." Experts stunned after trail cameras capture rare species previously thought to be extinct: ...

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Preserved scraps of woolly mammoth DNA, like those from this specimen found in 2013 in Siberia, could pave the way for the species’ return (Credit: Kazuhiro Nogi/Getty Images) ...

Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing seven species of pangolin, often poached for their scales and meat, as ...

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct. Suspected footage of Zaglossus attenboroughi -- the long-beaked ...

Dire wolves brought back: See photos of Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi The recent birth of three dire wolf puppies marks the first time Colossal Biosciences has successfully "de-extincted" a species.

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy. By Brooke Jarvis Brooke Jarvis is a contributing writer for ...