Tag Archives: extinction

A deeper look at de-extinctioning

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Really good stuff. You are wandering the forests of Mauritius, an oyster-shaped island east of Madagascar, when you spy a dodo, a bird famous for being as dead as one can possibly be. Yet this dodo waddles before you, pecking … Continue reading →

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Dodo update

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Everyone needs a home. After years of working on bringing back one of the most popular extinct animals — the dodo — Colossal Biosciences has found a home for its bird in Mauritius in a new partnership with the Mauritian … Continue reading →

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Woolly mammoth de-extinctioning

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go. In a historic building in Deep Ellum, a colossal effort is underway to bring some of the most famously extinct animals back to life. The wild mission comes from a Dallas-based company called Colossal Biosciences which is … Continue reading →

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Mammoths and dodos

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

How you feel about this will likely depend on how strongly you identify with that Ian Malcolm quote from Jurassic Park. The Texas entrepreneur working to bring back the woolly mammoth has added a new species to his revival list: … Continue reading →

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Recreating a Galapagos tortoise?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

How amazing would this be? Lonesome George, the late reptile prince of the Galapagos Islands, may be dead, but scientists now say he may not be the last giant tortoise of his species after all. Researchers say they may be … Continue reading →

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Rescuing fish

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Wow. Wildlife biologists [last week evacuated] two species of minnows from the shrinking waters of a West Texas river in the first of what could be several rescue operations involving fish affected by the state’s worst drought in decades. Smalleye … Continue reading →

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Mammoth DNA update

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

First they found the DNA. Now they’re trying to do something with it. Scientists for the first time have unraveled much of the genetic code of an extinct animal, the ice age’s woolly mammoth, and with it they are thawing … Continue reading →

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Mammoth DNA

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Cool. Researchers report in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, however, that mammoth hair seems to be an excellent source of well-preserved DNA. “It is important to understand the genetic makeup of an organism before it went extinct,” explained lead … Continue reading →

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Mammoth extinction: Not our fault

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m relieved to hear this. Paleontologists long have assumed that massive hunting by humans led to the extinction of the woolly mammoths about 12,000 years ago. New genetic analysis indicates, however, that inbreeding … Continue reading →

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