Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough that could help to bring mammoths back to life.
This striking yellow and black bird, which hadn't been seen for 20 years, was rediscovered during an expedition to Africa.
A US startup firm has come up with a plan to resurrect the dodo and return it to its natural habitat.
Toby Ord's 2020 book painted a grim picture of humanity's chances this century, but just how accurate is his prediction ?
In a world first, scientists have succeeded in recovering RNA molecules from a preserved Tasmanian tiger specimen.
The discovery - the largest of its kind ever made - could provide the world with enough lithium to build batteries for decades.
A new genetic data analysis has revealed that our ancestors were almost completely wiped out.
A palaeobiologist takes a look at the real-life shark that inspired the new movie sequel 'Meg 2: The Trench'.
Professor Nello Cristianini investigates how exactly artificial intelligence might bring about the doom of civilization.
A reassuring new study has found that we may be safe from extinction asteroid impacts... at least for the time being.
Researchers now believe that the extinction of the thylacine occurred much more recently than the 1930s.
Texas-based firm Colossal Biosciences is already working on a way to bring back the long-extinct woolly mammoth.
If the dinosaurs hadn't died out, would they have gone on to develop into an intelligent civilization ?
A plant once known as silphion may still be around today despite disappearing 2,000 years ago.
Just like in Jurassic Park, playing god with the fate of extinct species could cause more problems than it solves.
The new multi-million dollar endeavor will attempt to bring the extinct species back to life via genetic restoration.
Scientists have discovered a tortoise belonging to a species thought to have died out 100 years ago.
The remarkable success story saw the population grow from a mere 10 individuals in 1991 to over 400 today.
A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.