Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Colossal Biosciences announced the successful birth of three dire wolf pups, an animal widely known from the popular ...

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

Using CRISPR technology, a company called Colossal says it has de-extincted a wolf species last seen thousands of years ago. Or has it?

A bitter struggle for control of a professional association is proving that diversity, equity and inclusion remains a ...

Colossal Biosciences have introduced a new kind of wolf to the world, but had you been alive over 12,500 years ago you ...

Colossal Biosciences announced the successful birth of three dire wolf puppies, marking what the company calls the world’s ...

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The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

(CNN) — Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research. During the ...