Back in early 2023, the dodo's genome was sequenced from a DNA sample. Now the company trying to resurrect the long-extinct flightless bird is working with Mauritian conservationists to restore ...

The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In ...

'Preserving butterflies is not just about preserving beauty and color, but about the stability and health of ecosystems on which we all depend,' says ecologist Dotan Rotem The post A third of Israel’s ...

Most of us saw Jurassic Park and its many sequels as a cautionary tale. Some scientists, however, apparently saw it as a game plan. While no one has brought dinosaurs back (yet), Texas-based genetic ...

There are many cute endangered species, and sadly their charm endangers them even more, like these 25 cutest animals that are endangered.

Researchers are moving DNA information from past species to living ones. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox ...

Ross Stone/Unsplash Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had "resurrected" the dire ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has been chronically slow to protect animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act, ...