For the vast majority of human existence, extinction has been a one-way process. If a species has gone extinct, the species is forever lost to the world, until now. Thanks to advances in genetics, ...

The de-extinct dire wolves created by a biotechnology company are now old enough to breed, according to the firm behind the project. According to Time, the animals — the product of an effort to revive ...

One of the world's rarest parakeets has seen its numbers surge thanks to a pair of super breeders now responsible for more than 10% of the total population. The New Zealand native kakariki karaka—or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some dog breeds are more popular than others; that's how life has always been, and that is how life will always be. There's no ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the help of two recently hatched chicks, Pittsburgh's National Aviary has plans to help a bird species that no longer exists ...

It is not often that one or two animals can be singled out for saving an entire species. But thanks to their exceptional breeding skills, a pair of “super breeder” orange-fronted parakeets may just do ...