Despite incredible advances in modern genomic research, science is nowhere near being able to clone long-extinct animals like the fictional ones in Jurassic Park. Even relatively recent extinctions ...

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for a small surviving population of the rare lion that is extinct in the wild. The three ...

In a small, well-lit space deep inside Burlington’s Soda Plant, artist Kyle Sikora settles the skull of an extinct female North American lion onto a blue, padded frame. The Conant Metal & Light ...

The Barbary lion cubs were born at the Dvůr Králové Safari Park in the Czech Republic in January Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Four Barbary lion cubs recently made their public debut at a Czech zoo that's working to eventually reintroduce the breed to its native habitat decades after it went extinct in the wild. The three ...