It’s forcing the human race into what evolutionary biologists call a “bottleneck” — a period of rapid pressure that threatens cultures, customs and peoples with extinction. When college ...

Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)—a species that went extinct about 13,000 years ago. The breakthrough has been ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Earth has experienced at least five "mass extinction" events throughout its existence, but some species have been able to survive these major shifts. Utah researchers say they ...

Crocodilian ancestors persisted through two mass extinction events, a feat requiring evolutionary agility to adapt to a rapidly changed world. The study's authors discovered that one secret to ...

The contemporary species hails from a 230-million-year lineage that has survived two mass extinction events. “Extinction and survivorship are two sides of the same coin. Through all mass extinctions, ...

EMV chip cards have grown exponentially and legacy magnetic stripe cards will soon be nearly gone. That creates a need for banks to prepare for a world without magstripe cards. Secure chips are used ...

A rare pink pigeon wowing visitors at Paignton Zoo after its near-extinction. The striking bird belongs to a species that was down to just nine individuals in the wild during the 1990s.

The breakthrough has been achieved by Colossal Biosciences, a multibillion-dollar United States company that claims their goal is to restore biodiversity through the de-extinction of species.

An important first step has been taken to save Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller and was facing extinction by the end of this decade.

Woolworths is facing the heat again with another shareholder resolution over its salmon farming practices lodged with the company today. The resolution, led by ethical broking platform SIX and co ...

“Extinction and survivorship are two sides of the same coin. Through all mass extinctions, some groups manage to persist and diversify. What can we learn by studying the deeper evolutionary ...