What the Dodo Tells Us, 300 Years After Its Extinction
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 ...
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Opinion: What the dodo tells us, 300 years after its extinction
Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...
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The Reason Dodo Birds Went Extinct Is More Depressing Than You Thought
One of the most infamous cautionary tales of humanity's follies, the reasons behind the extinction of the dodo are even more ...
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Are Scientists Bringing Back Dinosaurs? Here's What We Know About the Latest Efforts
It may seem like the plot of a famous science fiction movie, but many are wondering if scientists are plotting to bring back ...
De-Extinction Company Reveals Genetically Engineered ‘Woolly Mouse’
The little rodents' genes were edited to exhibit traits associated with a woolly mammoth genome—including fluffy, ...
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Biotech Company Creates ‘Woolly Mouse’ as a Step in Its Quest to Resurrect Woolly Mammoths Through Gene Editing
Colossal Biosciences leaders say the fluffy, golden-haired mice help validate their technique to “de-extinct” species, but ...
Colossal Biosciences creates 'woolly mice' with mammoth-like traits in de-extinction effort
Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based company, genetically engineered a woolly mouse, marking an achievement toward its goal of ...
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Biotech Company Creates ‘Woolly Mouse’ as a Step in Its Quest to Resurrect Woolly Mammoths Through Gene Editing
The hairy mice are a “massive validating point” in the company’s quest to resurrect extinct species like the woolly mammoth, the thylacine and the dodo ... edited a gene found in both ...