Colossal Biosciences has staked hundreds of millions of dollars on the idea that extinct species can be engineered back into ...

Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird. In a paper published today [16 August 2024] in the ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

One of the closest living relatives of the dodo has been spotted multiple times in Samoa — raising hopes that this critically endangered creature can be saved from the brink of extinction. The Samoa ...

Dodo dry forest scene shows the habitat in which the dodo lived along with other species native to Mauritius. Artwork by Julian Pender Hume. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Vikash Tatayah had never heard of Colossal Biosciences until the Texas-based company announced plans last year to bring back the dodo. Widely known for wanting to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, it ...