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 ...

In a bold and ambitious attempt to reverse extinction, Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based de-extinction company, is spearheading efforts to bring back iconic species that once roamed the Earth. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dodo is so extinct that it has become a cultural byword for extinction -- though that might not be true forever. Colossal ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out in just a few decades, the dodo has become a symbol of extinction and ...

Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Flightless birds, like the dodo bird of the small Indian ...

Centuries ago, Mauritius held a world unlike anything sailors expected to find. The island sat far from major travel routes, and its wildlife evolved without outside pressure. The dodo lived at the ...

(CNN) — A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction, has made some headway, according to ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company, has today announced an oversubscribed $150M Series B financing led by United States Innovative Technology Fund ( ...

A Texas genetics company working to bring back the woolly mammoth says it’s a step closer to reviving another famed extinct species: the dodo. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences Inc. said Wednesday it ...