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 ...

Every year, species disappear forever. But sometimes, nature delivers an astonishing surprise. Across remote islands, deep oceans, mountain forests, and hidden valleys, scientists have rediscovered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On one of the final days of 1938, a fishing trawler off the coast of South Africa reeled in a massive creature unlike anything the crew had seen before. It was nearly five feet in length, and its fins ...

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 ...

A biotech company and a US government agency announced on Thursday a plan to create an archive of living cells and genomic material for ​every species protected under the US Endangered Species Act in ...

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