Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. The species — which looks like a strange mix ...

Amy Scott, host of the podcast "How We Survive," reports on a company that's working on de-extinction innovation to try and ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 35 species of falcons roam the Earth’s skies at ...

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...

While America’s national parks are known for majestic scenery and bucket-list adventures, some of their most extraordinary ...

University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new way to measure the impact of our food production on other species' survival around the world. It reveals that between 700 and 1,100 species of ...