In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...
And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...