Around 1800, the bluebuck antelope went extinct after European colonizers hunted the African animal to its death.

For the vast majority of human existence, extinction has been a one-way process. If a species has gone extinct, the species is forever lost to the world, until now. Thanks to advances in genetics, ...

In a historic building in Deep Ellum, a colossal effort is underway to bring some of the most famously extinct animals back to life. The wild mission comes from a Dallas-based company called Colossal ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

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The Cape's bluebuck antelope joins the mammoth, dodo and dire wolf on Colossal Biosciences' de-extinction list.

QUITO (Reuters) - A species of giant tortoises from the Galapagos Islands could be brought back from extinction despite the death earlier this year of the famed "Lonesome George," a tourist magnet and ...

A rare blue antelope hunted to extinction within 33 years of it being first scientifically recorded is to be brought back ...