Biologists briefly brought the extinct Pyrenean ibex back to life in 2003 by creating a clone from a frozen tissue sample harvested before the goat's entire population vanished in 2000. The clone ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The last Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica ...

Science writer Emma Marris recently wrote an excellent post over at Last Word On Nothing that explores some of the ethical and technical implications of cloning extinct (and near-extinct) species. Her ...

Get ready to start lining up to buy your tickets for Jurassic Park now, and we're not talking about the movie! Thanks to advances in cloning technology, the word "extinct" may eventually become, well, ...