Once dismissed as ‘science fiction’, researchers working on the Thylacine de-extinction project are confident they can return ...

There is nothing to stop de-extinction companies using specimens from museum collections, despite little Māori support for reviving lost native species.

In Aotearoa New Zealand, hapori Maori (tribal groups) are the kaitiaki (guardians) of many threatened taonga (treasured) ...

A museum specimen of the extinct huia. Wikimedia Commons/Auckland Museum collection , CC BY-SA The recent announcement of the ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last ...

Having successfully sequenced the entire thylacine genome, researchers hope to “edit” the DNA of its closest living relative the dunnart. But lead scientist on the Thylacine project Andrew ...

Closer to home, scientists in Melbourne, led by Professor Andrew Pask, are on a journey towards a similar scientific ...

Although some biologists have since poured cold water on the actual science behind the dire wolf’s revival, there’s now talk ...