Jackson joins a group of celebrity investors who have now already contributed a total of $235 million to help Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences bring back the extinct creatures.
Only two northern white rhinos remain on earth, both female. The last male, Sudan, died in 2018, leaving the rhino subspecies doomed to extinction.
In an extraordinary turn of events, the elusive De Winton’s golden mole, believed extinct for nearly 90 years, has been detected in South Africa.
Join Extinction Rebellion for Remembrance Day for Lost Species this coming Thursday, which is about holding space for all species – from the charismatic to the unspectacular; for remembering what we have lost so that we might cherish and protect those that remain.
May the force be with us if they ever decide to bring dinosaurs back.
The coelacanth has survived everything the last 420 million years have had to throw at it, but now its toughest challenge may just be beginning.
Thanks to the collective efforts of scientists, at least 15 new animal species have been found living it up in the Karoo region.
Human intervention has led these poor animals to the brink of extinction. Ever heard of a vaquita? Me neither, but there are only 12 of them left on the planet.
This adorable Chinese giant salamander faces the threat of extinction. Of course humans are to blame, because we really are the worst.
We humans are such narcissists sometimes a mass extinction might be what we deserve.