The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

Extinction used to mean forever - but maybe not anymore. This video explores the science of de-extinction, from cloning to genetic engineering, and how scientists are working to bring vanished animals ...

(AP) - Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to ...

Most Americans agree genetically engineering animals is acceptable if it’s used to improve human health, according to a Pew Research Center report. The Pew Research Center surveyed 2,537 adults from ...

Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling ...

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...