The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

Besides being a fan, John Oliver has had a certain affinity for minor league baseball. On Saturday night, the comedian and ...

George Moon discovered the bone of a woolly mammoth while diving in Lake Pleasant in 1991. That discovery is being celebrated again, 34 years later, by TV host John Oliver and the Erie Seawolves.

A large piece of the Sycamore Gap tree, which was illegally felled, is to go on public display, with visitors encouraged to touch or even hug its trunk.

Woolly mammoths have become the poster child for de-extinction. The giant land mammals have long held our intrigue and fascination.

Discover the elusive subalpine woolly rat, filmed for the first time in New Guinea's mountains, revealing new insights into its behavior and habitat.

The world's second-biggest rat species — a gargantuan woolly beast — was caught on camera in the mountains of New Guinea.

Colossal Biosciences revealed its small pack of genetically modified dire wolves. The company's "de-extinction" plans include the woolly mammoth.

The company that brought the dire wolf back from extinction wants to do the same for the dodo, Tasmanian tiger, and woolly mammoth. And why not?