A species once declared extinct in the wild was brought back from the brink after scientists used decades-old genetic material to restore lost bloodlines. As cloning technology advances and projects ...

This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the ...

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.

A year ago, Colossal Biosciences introduced to the world their version of the dire wolf, an animal extinct for over 12,500 years. The company’s scientists are hoping to bring back the woolly mammoth ...

The scientists behind the synthetic egg say it’s a crucial step to the de-extinction of species like the giant moa and the dodo. Colossal Biosciences announced that it successfully hatched 26 chickens ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. For two decades, a team of ...

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil — What if the first-ever cloned jaguar were born within the next few years? Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie? Not to the scientists at Reprocon research group, ...

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Clones had mutations triple the rate of normal mice By the 58th generation, clones died within days of birth 1,206 cloned mice were generated from 2005 to 2025 Clones pass all their defective genes to ...

After 20 years, 58 generations and more than 30,000 cloning attempts, a team of researchers has hit the limit on the number of times a single mouse can be serially re-cloned. How Dolly the sheep’s ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists.