Tim Birkhead on great auks and their extraordinary story of evolution, exploitation and de-extinction across the years ...

We killed off the dodo, the great auk, the passenger pigeon ... A second issue is that the genetically engineered extinct animals aren’t really that. The genetically engineered ‘dire wolf’ is not a ...

Colossal Biosciences has revealed three genetically engineered wolf pups resembling the extinct dire wolf, using CRISPR and ancient DNA. Named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, these pups were born ...

great auk, cave hyena, sabre-toothed cat and giant short-faced bear. The company's scientists aren't just stopping at known animals that went extinct. Recently discovered DNA samples, they say ...

where she is on view through October 2015 in the exhibition “Once There Were Billions”—accompanied by specimens of three other extinct avian species: the great auk, Carolina parakeet and ...

Unfortunately, this remarkable bird is now extinct, and its disappearance serves as a poignant reminder of the impact humans can have on the natural world. The Great Auk spent the majority of its life ...

At this point, the great auk, passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet were already extinct, and most thought the ivory-billed woodpecker was also gone. Allen was determined to spend months if ...

Great Auk The Northern Hemisphere’s Penguin Great Auk ... curid=82953775 The Pyrenean ibex made headlines as the only animal to be resurrected and then go extinct again. Through cloning, a single ...

Skeletal replicas of the terrifying mosasaur, a Komodo Dragon relative with a six-foot jaw; the saber-toothed salmon; and other extinct species greet visitors ... such as the passenger pigeon, dodo ...