East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

Protecting animals against environmental changes, poachers, and other dangers is vital yet challenging work. And in recent years, things have seemed dismal. The International Union for Conservation of ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday. “Huge rivers like the ...

As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and pharmacists should be key players ...

A genetic engineering company stunned the world by bringing the ancient dire wolf back from extinction — but it won't stop there. The Texas-based Colossal Biosciences also plans to de-extinct the ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes, and other freshwater habitats face extinction, according to a new study published Wednesday in Nature. Researchers found that 24 percent of ...

The "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences promises to fulfill that dream, at least for extinct animals like woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), dodos (Raphus cucullatus), and Tasmanian ...

Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics of an extinct animal that was far larger — the woolly mammoth. This "woolly mouse" marks an important step toward achieving ...