One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

In Cuba, you can find a beautiful dove that has a brown-feathered body topped with an iridescent blue head. It might not be ...

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

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.

David Attenborough comes face-to-face with a dodo, the first animal driven to extinction by humans. Sir David Attenborough comes face-to-face with the dodo, the first animal driven to extinction ...

The company says reviving extinct species like the mammoth, the dodo and others could help repair ecosystems. Critics, however, question whether de-extinction would be safe for the animals or ...

This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen ...

Bringing the woolly mammoth back to life is no easy task. But for Ben Lamm, CEO of Colossal Biosciences, the stress of the ...

A groundbreaking scientific initiative to bring back extinct animals has gained star-studded support, with Tom Brady and Tiger Woods joining forces with Colossal Biosciences. The b ...

The dodo was surprisingly also a type of dove, and it had at least one close relative that we know of, the Rodrigues solitaire, which is now also extinct. No one knows how old the dove family is ...