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

We will discover new tools, new ways that we can help species that are still alive but in danger of becoming extinct.” ...

As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Wooly Mammoths, Dodo Birds, and Thylacines - Oh my ... on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals ...