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 ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...

The idea of bringing extinct species back to life sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. But researchers at Colossal Biosciences are committed to doing it. Using high-tech genetic engineering, ...

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 science ...

A version of the dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus) could make a return someday soon. Colossal Biosciences announced this week several milestones in its quest to bring the extinct species back to life. On ...

The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers. They’re small, fluffy, and kind of cute, but these mice represent a milestone in ...

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 ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...