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Scientists Launch Project to ‘De-Extinct’ the Dodo, Reintroduce to Natural Habitat
The phrase “dead as a dodo” may be, well, dead as a dodo, if a recently-founded “de-extinction company” has its […]
Scientists are trying to resurrect the dodo – centuries after the bird famously went extinct
The list of extinct species that genetic engineering company Colossal wants to bring back to life is growing. The latest addition: the […]
The company trying to bring back the extinct mammoth also wants to revive the dodo bird and it’s already raised more than $200M
It has been 361 years since anyone has seen a dodo, the odd-looking bird that has become a poster child […]
How (and why) a billion-dollar startup plans to bring back the dodo
The last living dodo bird was seen on the island of Mauritius in 1662; soon it was extinct, largely the […]
Scientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since the 17th century
No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the […]
This Billion-Dollar Startup Wants to Bring Back the Dodo
A biotechnology startup that promises to resurrect woolly mammoths is now the first “de-extinction unicorn,” with a valuation said to be over a […]
Predicting the 10 biggest trends of 2023: Woolly mammoths to daring denim
Thanks to gene-editing tools like CRISPR, the Texas-based biotech startup Colossal Biosciences—backed by millions from investors like Peter Thiel, Tony […]
UAF partners with Alaska students for a mammoth of a project
University of Alaska Fairbanks professor and mammoth researcher Dr. Matthew Wooller along with Colossal Biosciences have a collaborative project aimed at providing […]
Saving Baby Elephants from a Deadly Herpes Virus
Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (“EEHV”) is the leading cause of death in juvenile Asian elephants born in North America and […]
Scientists, a Startup, and the Hemsworths Are Trying to ‘De-Extinct’ the Tasmanian Tiger
It’s been almost a century since the death of the last known thylacine, an animal more widely known as the […]
