Though many refer to April 15 as “tax day,” there's another holiday many may never have heard of: Iriomote Wildcat Day. The ...

The Center for Biological Diversity on Thursday announced its intention to file a lawsuit over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Stone Zoo in Stoneham welcomes a Linne’s two-toed sloth pup, born to Lunesta and Nero. The baby, their eighth, is thriving ...

Another one of the world's rarest creatures is the "pink fairy". The pink fairy armadillo is a small species found only in ...

Fungi might not have the best reputation but are essential for our survival. With many species at risk, scientists say it is ...

Woodland Park Zoo's 3-month-old sloth bear cub, Bowie, is set to make her public debut this weekend.Born on January 8, the ...

"What Colossal is trying to do is genetically engineering animals to look like extinct creatures," Rawlence added. "They look ...

open image in gallery Caspian seals have been listed as an endangered species since 2008. Researchers say climate change could further impact their survival and their Caspian Sea home (©Central ...

Researchers then identify genes that are unique to the extinct species, edit some of them into cells taken from one of those closely related living species, and use the edited cell to create ...

"The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: Once a species enters, they never leave," Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum wrote Cover Images via AP Images; Getty Images ...

Will womb transplants transform fertility? What should we make of 'de-extinction' claims? And why are prices falling in the art market? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate ...

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago. The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to shock the ...