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 ...

A Texas-based startup is working with the federal government to create a "modern-day Noah's Ark" containing the genetic ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

Credit: Gaorong Li and Xiaodong Wang New fossils hint that the roots of complex animal life stretch further back than ...

A unique cache of plant fossils from volcanic deposits in New Mexico contradicts the common narrative that flowering plants ...

The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to ...

The company is working with the federal government on a vault that will store frozen material from plants and animals protected by the Endangered Species Act.

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.

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

Behind the quiet presence and watchful eyes of the wild lies a world of deep feelings, logic, and rich emotional lives that ...

A US company made worldwide headlines by “de-extincting” the dire wolf. Now it wants to bring back the Tasmanian tiger. But should it?