One animal holds a world record so bizarre it required the invention of modern cloning just to make it possible. The Pyrenean ...

A memo from the Fish and Wildlife Service suggests that only intentional killing of endangered animals should be illegal. This interpretation would dramatically narrow the scope of the Endangered ...

This aerial view shows the Amazon rainforest near the municipality of Paragominas, Para state, Brazil, on November 12, 2025 during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference. MAURO PIMENTEL MAURO PIMENTEL ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

Imagine explaining to your child what a rhino looked like — not from memory, but from a photograph. That grim possibility is closer to reality than most people realize. Scientists estimate that Earth ...

Colossal Biosciences made a record-breaking 20 edits across 14 genes in gray wolf cells by adding extinct dire wolf DNA. This was the first time ancient DNA has been used to bioengineer an extinct ...

Ichthyosaurs were the main predators of the oceans millions of years ago. Like reptilian dolphins with a mean streak, they grew between 10 and 43 feet long and had a long snout armed with viciously ...

Tsushima leopard cats are an endangered species found only on this isolated island. The most recent government survey ...

Why do beaches today have seashells from clams and snails instead of brachiopods? A new study suggests the answer lies in Earth's greatest mass extinction, when warming oceans and falling oxygen ...

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