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The firm has grown “primordial germ cells” (early embryonic cells) from Nicobar pigeons, the dodo’s closest living relative, ...

Colossal Biosciences has just had a major breakthrough in its attempt to revive the dodo bird from extinction. What are the ...

The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ranges began to overlap a few decades ago, potentially due to ...

Madagascar was once home to the elephant bird, the largest bird species ever known, standing over three metres tall and ...

Four centuries after the bird's extinction coined the phrase, a Texan biotech company is experimenting on cells from one of ...

Spix's macaw, a vivid-blue parrot with elaborate mating rituals, was declared extinct in the wild in 2019. A captive-breeding ...

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ...

Colossal Biosciences is making strides in de-extinction, successfully growing pigeon germ cells, a crucial step towards resurrecting the dodo. Using gene-editing on Nicobar pigeons and chicken ...

Colossal Biosciences aims to rewrite history as they work to resurrect extinct species – and their sights are set on the ...

New findings from the humble pigeon may help in an ambitious project to bring back the dodo, an extinct flightless bird, ...