The possibilities for more profound representation are endless, from rampant lions symbolising ferocity to fleur ... That fierce Cantonese-style winged lion form, framed by the red-and-orange accents ...

Colossal Biosciences' claim to have achieved the 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the ...

It’s true that Colossal didn’t clone its wolves from actual dire wolf cells. Instead, it mapped the genome of the extinct wolf relying on DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and from a 72,000 ...

Even so, the reed beds remain busy with nesting activity. Resident species like the pheasant-tailed jacana, bronze-winged jacana, Eurasian moorhen, and grey-headed swamphen rely on these patches ...

Willi Carlisle is back with a new album. This summer, the folk singer and songwriter will release Winged Victory, his fourth studio album and his first since last year’s standout collection ...

President Trump’s trade war comes as cotton farmers endure tough economics that aren’t expected to improve–leaving growers of the American staple crop with few choices. Low commodity prices ...

On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators were lost during the Late Pleistocene extinctions that ...

Barabanki's wetlands, vital for migratory birds from across Eurasia, face increasing threats from urbanization and pollution. These wetlands are crucial for ecological balance, agriculture, and ...

Earlier this month, a biotechnology company announced it had genetically engineered three gray wolf pups to have white hair, more muscular jaws and a larger build — characteristics of the dire ...

Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer writes the “Origins” column and has covered de-extinction for more than a decade.

Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses, by Peter Wolf (Little-Brown, 335 pp., $30). In his elegant memoir of postwar Greenwich Village life, When Kafka Was the Rage, ...

There is a magnificent, snow-white wolf on the cover of Time Magazine today - accompanied by a headline announcing the return of the dire wolf. This now extinct species is possibly most famous for ...