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

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

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

How did one cat take out an entire species of bird in the 19th century? Dr Ross Barnett explains more about how human ...

But the farmyard chicken has emerged as an unlikely lynchpin in the research to protect its endangered wild cousins – and even bring extinct species like the dodo back to life. Scientists at New ...

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.

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