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Two small white fluffy wolf cubs

A $10B Gene-Editing Startup Has (Sort of) Brought Back the Extinct Dire Wolf

Colossal has managed to breed after genetically engineering ancient dire wolf DNA into genomes of grey wolves, their closest living relatives.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Woman and man pose in front of picture of a bird

This $10B Texas Startup Wants to Bring Back Extinct Animals Through Gene-Editing

It's the first startup founded in Texas to be valued at more than $10 billion.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
An illustration of two Tasmanian Tigers. The last of the species died in 1932.

Why Scientists Are Resuming the Search for Extinct Tasmanian Tiger

Sightings of the tiger sound promising—even though it was announced extinct three decades ago.
By Chelsea Skojec and Michael Sainato
A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome in Greeley Mine, Vt.

White-Nose Syndrome Decimating Bat Populations Across US

By Michael Sainato
A 10 month old orphaned Bornean Orangutan learns to bite at Surabaya Zoo as he prepares to be released into the wild in Surabaya, Indonesia. )

Scientists Warn Primates Face Impending Extinction Crisis

By Chelsea Skojec and Michael Sainato
An Indian forest official takes part in counting the Indian one horned rhinoceros during a population census at the Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary about 50 km from Guwahati, India?s northeastern Assam state, on May 08, 2009. According to the 2009 census, 84 rhinos are found in the sanctuary compared to 81 rhinos in 2006. AFP PHOTO/Biju Boro (Photo credit should read BIJU BORO/AFP/Getty Images)

South African Decision to Lift Ban On Rhino Horn Sparks Heated Debate

By Michael Sainato

Scientists Inch Closer to Uncovering Why Half an Endangered Species Suddenly Died

By Michael Sainato
(Liz Gorman for Observer)

Deepak Chopra Dissects The Brain For Young Philanthropists

By David Wallis
A quagga.

Extinct Animals’ Skeletons Recreated Through 3-D Printing

By Guelda Voien
Lonesome George at Wildlife Preservations. (Photo by Zoë Lescaze)

Last of His Kind: The Pinta Island Tortoise Drops Out of Life and Goes Up on View at the Museum of Natural History

By Zoë Lescaze
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