Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, and Colossal co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm with bones of the extinct moa collected by Jackson. But don't expect this long-gone bird to be walking around New Zealand again ...

The scientists behind the synthetic egg say it’s a crucial step to the de-extinction of species like the giant moa and the dodo. Colossal Biosciences announced that it successfully hatched 26 chickens ...

A biotech startup is taking the first real steps towards bringing the dodo bird back from extinction. No one has seen this bird since the late 17th century, but that doesn't mean it has been forgotten ...

Trevor Snyder pulls open an incubator and gently lifts out a device that looks like a high-tech coffee pod. It's black, with a honeycomb bottom. A clear flat top reveals what's inside. A Texas biotech ...

A few years ago, the idea of reviving extinct animals sat closer to speculative science fiction than anything investors would normally put money behind. Yet it has steadily been pulled into boardrooms ...

Modern genetic research is “pushing the boundaries of what’s possible” by bringing extinct animals back to life, but could it ...

New artificial egg technology could help hatch genetically engineered birds, offering a potential pathway for de-extinction ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

My inbox started filling up with the supposedly groundbreaking news early Tuesday, breathless news articles about a biological breakthrough that will allow a long-extinct giant bird to walk the Earth ...