How mammoths could be our surprising climate saviours However, genome reconstruction is not the only method scientists could use to resurrect extinct animals. The aurochs, a type of prehistoric ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

Photographs authentically show the skull of a mammoth discovered in a farm field in 2015.

the result will be a hybrid animal with DNA that is mostly elephant and a little bit mammoth. Shapiro's new book examines the capacity of science to bring back extinct animals. UC Santa Cruz ...

Even if we can bring back extinct animals, there are ethical considerations. Reintroducing mammoths and thylacines might upset existing ecosystems. Since these animals became extinct, others will ...