One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more depressing than you may realize.

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

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.

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 ...

Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing ...

The dodo was surprisingly also a type of dove ... So Oswald developed techniques to extract and sequence ancient DNA from Caribbean bird fossils. In an early proof of concept using the fossils ...

Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo bird. Since then ... animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically ...

Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo bird. Since then ... animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically ...