The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

GENEVA, March 27 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at risk of extinction from threats like deforestation and agricultural expansion ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found. Ancient frog ...

Steve Forbes warns that dropping birthrates are putting our civilization at existential risk—and discusses what humanity must do to reverse course before we all disappear. Are humans doomed to ...

The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to ...

Pictured are two of Colossal's "woolly mice". Dallas-based biotech startup Colossal aims to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction through genetic engineering. As part of that process, the ...

Colossal Biosciences is aiming to revive extinct species like the woolly mammoth. The startup has raised over $400 million to fund its de-extinction and conservation missions. Its founder and CEO ...

Dr. Bergland is a professor at Simmons University. Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was ...

The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers. They’re small, fluffy, and kind of cute, but these mice represent a milestone in de ...

Three genetically edited mice in the hands of a Colossal researcher. Photo: Colossal Biosciences The self-professed de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences revealed their latest creation this ...