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"Dodo Of The Caribbean": Incredibly Rare Dove Teeters "On The Brink" Of Extinction
In Cuba, you can find a beautiful dove that has a brown-feathered body topped with an iridescent blue head. It might not be ...
Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger of dying out
On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...
MIT Technology Review11d
The short, strange history of gene de-extinction
This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen ...
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Rare dove is not related to any other birds we know today
Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.
"Colossal woolly mouse" created by scientists in effort to reconstruct the woolly mammoth
Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.
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Scientists engineered a ‘woolly mouse,’ attempting to recreate mammoths
Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo bird. Since ...
Tom Brady and Tiger Woods team up on an incredible project to recover extinct animals such as the mammoth and the dodo: Is it possible?
A groundbreaking scientific initiative to bring back extinct animals has gained star-studded support, with Tom Brady and Tiger Woods joining forces with Colossal Biosciences. The b ...