The term “de-extinction” often conjures images of Jurassic Park-style genetic manipulation, complete with ethical dilemmas and ecological chaos. But the reality of functional de-extinction—the ...

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a ...

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 ...

The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.

Kevin Healy received funding from the Irish Research Council through the IRC COALESCE funding programme for this reserach. Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in ...