Two males—named Romulus and Remus, for the mythical brothers suckled by a she-wolf before founding ancient Rome—were born six ...

Vrba argued that the width of the niche that a species can occupy drives rates of both speciation and extinction, with the environment being the main force underlying this evolution. Her ‘effect ...

The company, which also plans to bring back the dodo and woolly mammoth, announced this week that three white ‘dire wolf’ puppies have been born, making the creature the first ever to become ...

An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries.

For this de-extinction project ... “What’s interesting is that speciation is an area where scientists seem to agree.” A species is often defined by a combination of genetic and physically ...

This broad pattern has suggested that "younger" groups of organisms, in evolutionary terms, have higher rates of speciation, extinction and body size evolution, among other differences from older ...

Startup Colossal Biosciences said it has used advanced technology to bring back the dire wolf, the large canine species that ...

So it’s functionally de-extinction. It is not possible to clone ... Lamm contends, but “speciation is more like a river. All of these species evolve from each other, and we’re all hybrids ...

Speciation occurs when a group within a species ... the history of life on this planet is actually one of suffering and extinction. From mass bio-extinction events to the daily loss of individual ...