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DALLAS & VACOAS-PHOENIX, Mauritius, November 22, 2023--Colossal Biosciences, the breakthrough genetic engineering and de-extinction company, has partnered with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization based in Mauritius that works closely with the Mauritian government and a host of partners on all matters conservation, to help return the extinct dodo to its home. The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation will serve as Colossal’s primary rewilding partner for t...

A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct species for the first time.

This unprecedented feat opens new doors to understanding extinct species and also offers insights into past pandemics and the impact of human activities on species extinction.

A team of researchers managed to isolate and sequence century-old RNA from the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger.

The last known thylacine—the largest marsupial carnivore in recent times—died in Tasmania’s Beaumaris Zoo in 1936. But the animal has recently been the target of de-extinction efforts, and now, a team of researchers has managed to recover RNA from the creature—the first time such a feat has been accomplished for any extinct species.

Scientists have the technology to bring extinct species back to life, give or take a few missing DNA strands. But should they?

The 70-year extinction of cheetahs in India has ended as four cubs were born of the big cats that were brought in from Namibia. Read more here.

Two conservation scholars break down what de-extinction looks like – and the debate over whether it could do any good.

A "de-extinction" company has unveiled an ambitious plan to bring back the extinct dodo bird with the help of DNA sequencing, gene editing technology and synthetic biology.

Colossal Biosciences also intends to resurrect the thylacine and woolly mammoth—an ambitious agenda, considering no extinct species has ever been brought back.