Once upon a time, the likes of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg imagined a world where scientists on the cutting edge of genetic research pieced together bits of DNA, both ancient and modern, to ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotech company, made headlines this April after falsely claiming to resurrect the extinct dire wolf. The company presents this as a breakthrough for conservation ...

For the vast majority of human existence, extinction has been a one-way process. If a species has gone extinct, the species is forever lost to the world, until now. Thanks to advances in genetics, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin-based company was acquired by Colossal Biosciences, a biosciences company that has claimed to “de-extinct” animals, according to a Tuesday announcement. Viagen Pets and ...

B R I G H T O N, Tasmania, Aug. 22 -- A sign by the small enclosurenear the Bonorong Park Wildlife Center entrance says “Tasmaniantiger” but the fabled carnivore is nowhere to be seen. The last known ...

A British biologist named John Gurdon won a Nobel Prize for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become “pluripotent.” That means mature cells can be converted into stem cells, so ...

Foreword / by George Church -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: How is de-extinction done? -- Chapter 2: Why is de-extinction important? -- Chapter 3: What species are good contenders, and why? -- Chapter 4 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tom Brady revealed this week that his dog is a clone. According to Today, Brady announced on Tuesday that his dog Junie is a clone of a previous family dog, Lua, who died in 2023. Do ...