The phrase “dead as a dodo” may be, well, dead as a dodo, if a recently-founded “de-extinction company” has its way. Colossal Biosciences, founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard ...

A genetic engineering company has bold plans to “de-extinct” and “re-wild” the dodo bird — centuries after the flightless fowl waddled the planet. Colossal Biosciences unveiled Tuesday its “Jurassic ...

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The dodo didn’t vanish because it was foolish — it disappeared because it was unprepared for humans and the animals they brought with them. Isolated on Mauritius, the bird had no natural predators and ...

The dodo has joined an exclusive club, becoming one of the species suggested for de-extinction. While some argue de-extinction could help to restore damaged ecosystems, others believe it is an ...

Together, the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation and Colossal will also collaborate to restore critical ecosystems in Mauritius, genetically rescue the Pink Pigeon, and advance research and technological ...

Dodos may be extinct, but that isn’t stopping Colossal Biosciences — a biotechnology and genetic engineering company founded in 2021 — from working to genetically resurrect the endearingly flightless ...

The slaty-masked tinamou, formally named Tinamus resonans, was identified in the remote Serra do Divisor mountains on the border of Brazil and Peru. Ornithologists have drawn parallels between this ...