The Trump administration wants to forgo endangered species protections—and is hinging its argument on a wild vision of the future straight out of a science fiction novel. This week, a biotechnology company claimed to have brought back the long-extinct dire wolf using new gene editing technology,

Federal agencies have proposed changing a longstanding interpretation, weakening wildlife protections under the Endangered Species Act.

The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.