After a century-long absence, the elusive South American tapir has reemerged, sparking hope and excitement among ...

Despite being up to 3ft long, the large cats, known for ambush hunting, prey on animals more than twice ... the spotted cats have been extinct in the wild in Britain for 1,300 years due to hunting ...

A growing group of scientists is trying to bring back extinct animals, an idea that is drawing closer than ever because of recent advances in gene editing. Shapiro, one of the world’s leading ...

(CNN) — The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a tangible prospect.

The last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in 1936 and the animal was classified as officially extinct in 1982. The material in the new study was extracted from the desiccated skin and ...