But it has yet to be paid for reviving extinct animals or saving endangered ones ... led by TWG Global, CEO Lamm is now a billionaire worth $3.7 billion, by Forbes’ estimates.

We will save them': The quest to rescue nearly extinct rhino Two rhinos munch serenely ... before they become the latest in a long line of animals that humans have poached to extinction.

Now, George sees himself as a conservationist; his tanks contain what is known as “insurance populations” – populations of ...

De-extinction, also known as "resurrection biology" and "reanimation," reverses extinction in plants and animals ... save something long gone, when there's so many things that are desperate right ...

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...

Amy E. Price/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images The biotech aspect, which involves genetically engineering ancient DNA into the closest living relatives of extinct species, is hard enough.

Woolly mammoths had a slightly shorter version of the gene, which the researchers believe may have contributed to its adaptation to life in cold climates. However, the “woolly mice” with the ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times ... Toughie died in 2016, and it’s likely the Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog is now extinct. Romeo, a Sehuencas water frog that lives at the ...

Since then, the company has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically “engineer them into living animals,” said CEO Ben Lamm.

Two rhinos munch on grass as the sun rises over Mount Kenya, oblivious to the global endeavour to prevent them being the last of their kind.

This little guy was the first mammal officially declared extinct due to climate change. Its home was swallowed by the ocean, wiping out its food and shelter. Scientists tried to save it ...