cloning

China successfully clones a Rhesus monkey for the first time

A team of Chinese researchers successfully cloned a Rhesus monkey for the first time, a species whose biology closely resembles that of humans and is widely used in medical research. According to the BBC, the specimen survived healthily for...

First offspring of a cloned endangered animal see the light

In a demonstration of the possibilities offered by cloning for the conservation of an endangered animal, scientists from the USA have managed to have kits of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) born from a cloned mother. This ferret is seriously threatened...

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Criminal violence in Mexico leads to new Noah’s Ark: at least 700 animals to be relocated

Cruelty and animal abuse know no borders. The Ostok Sanctuary in Culiacán, northwest Mexico, was forced to move around...