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extinction
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De-extinction company Colossal claims it has nearly complete thylacine genome
Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, went extinct in 1936 Colossal Biosciences The genome of the extinct thylacine has been…
Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction
Illustration of the end-Permian extinction event, when extreme temperatures may have killed off forests RICHARD JONES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…
How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon
Vikash Tatayah had never heard of Colossal Biosciences until the Texas-based company announced plans last year to bring…
Can genetically modifying a rare marsupial save it from extinction?
Researchers are aiming to make the northern quoll resistant to the toxic cane toads wiping it out in…
The best new sci-fi this month from 3 Body Problem writer Cixin Liu to Douglas Preston
The last remaining free city of the Forever Desert has been besieged for centuries in The Truth of…
Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth
De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth. Well, not the woolly mammoth exactly, but…
Is the woolly mammoth really on the brink of being resurrected?
Unlike extinct woolly mammoths, most edited elephants with mammoth-like traits would have no tusks, to get around ivory…
A Startup’s Mission to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth Is Being Made Into a Docuseries
Reed: It doesn’t feel like an odd choice for us. It’s a bit disruptive and, in trust, that’s…
The Last of its Kind review: How the great auk left an enduring legacy
The great auk was driven extinct by a scientific market for its eggs and stuffed remains Oscar Dominguez/Alamy…