No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The arrival ...

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A version of the dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus) could make a return someday soon. Colossal Biosciences announced this week several milestones in its quest to bring the extinct species back to life. On ...

A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird. A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and ...

Colossal Biosciences, the headline-grabbing, venture-capital-funded juggernaut of de-extinction science, announced plans on January 31 to bring back the dodo. Whether “bringing back” a semblance of ...

Its plans to bring back the dodo, woolly mammoth, and Tasmanian tiger might never work out. But wouldn’t it be cool if they did? The dodo bird was big, flightless, and pretty good eating. All that ...

US biotech company Colossal Biosciences says it has finally managed to keep pigeon cells alive in the lab long enough to tweak their DNA – a crucial step toward its dream of recreating the dodo. But ...