The real Jurassic Park is happening: Woolly mammoths are returning and that's not even the biggest news — here's what else is comingExtinct animals coming back: Scientists are pursuing de-extinction, aiming to bring back species like the woolly mammoth and bluebuck. The ...
03 May, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
Archaeologists discover early humans built vast island networks across the PhilippinesNew findings show ancient Filipinos were not isolated. They actively sailed across open oceans thousands of years ago. Mindoro island holds...
20 Apr, 2026, 02.09 PM IST
‘Stupid’ extinct bird dodo may walk again after 300 years thanks to scientific breakthroughColossal Biosciences is making strides in de-extinction, successfully growing pigeon germ cells, a crucial step towards resurrecting the do...
18 Sep, 2025, 11.45 AM IST
Dire wolves are back, and Elon Musk just ordered the next extinct animal- A pet wooly mammothElon Musk has stirred the internet by requesting a miniature woolly mammoth as a pet, just as Colossal Biosciences revealed the world’s fir...
08 Apr, 2025, 01.05 PM IST
'Game of Thrones' dire wolves return after 12,000 years: How researchers brought them backColossal Biosciences has achieved a scientific breakthrough by breeding three wolf pups resembling the extinct dire wolves. Born in a seclu...
08 Apr, 2025, 08.48 AM IST
Dire Wolves Return: Meet Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in 13,000 yearsDire Wolves back from Extinction: Three pups bearing the traits of long-extinct dire wolves have been born in a US sanctuary, marking the w...
08 Apr, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
Were dinosaurs the cleverest reptiles?In the latest research, an international team of palaeontologists, behavioural scientists and neurologists re-examined the brains of dinosa...
13 May, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
New study challenges view of dinosaurs as intelligent creaturesNew research challenges previous beliefs about dinosaur intelligence, suggesting they were more akin to "smart giant crocodiles" rather tha...
30 Apr, 2024, 05.06 PM IST
Nearly incognito for 80 years, rare Golden rat species resurfaces in South AfricaThe De Winton's golden mole -- a small, blind burrower with "super-hearing powers" that eats insects -- was found to be still alive on a be...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
- Butterflies origin pushed back in time: Study
Berlin, Jan 11 (IANS) Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scie...
11 Jan, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
- Butterflies origin pushed back in time: Study
Berlin, Jan 11 (IANS) Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scie...
11 Jan, 2018, 03.27 PM IST
- Earth in biological annihilation era: Scientists
Washington, July 11 (IANS) Many scientists say it is "abundantly" clear that Earth is entering its sixth mass-extinction event, meaning thr...
11 Jul, 2017, 12.57 PM IST
- Humans reached the tip of South America 14,000 years ago
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) Humans reached the southern cone of South America some 14,000 years ago, earlier than previously thought, says a st...
30 Sep, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Scientists plan to bring back extinct bird speciesThe scientists want to extract great auk DNA from fossils or preserved organs and then use digital data to sequence the animal's genome.
21 Aug, 2016, 02.39 PM IST
A third of cacti facing extinction: StudyThe finding places the cactus among the most threatened plant groups on Earth, ahead of mammals and birds and just behind corals.
06 Oct, 2015, 08.17 AM IST
Genome sequencing brings woolly mammoth clones closerA mammoth gene involved in temperature sensation was resurrected in the laboratory and its protein product characterised.
05 Jul, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Javan rhinoceros facing dire extinction threat: StudyAmerican researchers have confirmed that a species of Javan rhinoceros found in Vietnam are on the verge of extinction, with only 29 of the...
05 Aug, 2012, 07.34 PM IST