At least 35,765 species are threatened with extinction. An update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species has declared 31 animal and plant species ...

Dodo Set To Return: New York Scientists Are Using Chickens to Bring Endangered Birds Back to Life. ... like the red junglefowl, and eventually create offspring with enhanced genetic traits.

Genetically modified chickens could be the key to protecting endangered species ... Researchers in the US plan to replace sections of DNA in chick embryos with those found in red junglefowl, ...