First it was the dodo - Yahoo News
WEB1 day ago · Likewise, the team has been collecting primordial germ cells (PGCs) from Nicobar pigeons for use in bringing back the dodo. The pigeon, which lives in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India, is the dodo’s closest living relative. “Every time I go into the lab, I’m shocked at the progress that’s being made,” Prof Shapiro said.
Study documents extinction of 610 bird species and ecological …
WEB2 days ago · The Dodo, the famous flightless bird that inhabited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, is a case study in extinction caused by humans. New research has documented the extinction of 610 bird species over the past 130,000 years, coinciding with the global spread of our species Homo sapiens, an avian crisis that has only accelerated in recent years and decades. The researchers also revealed ...
Who’s the Dodo Now? A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered.
WEBSep 20, 2024 · The dodo was a flightless bird about the size of a male turkey that had a long, hooked beak and the goofy charm of an emperor penguin. Its ancestor first appeared on Earth more than 25 million ...
Scientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since ...
WEBJan 31, 2023 · No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century. The...
A New Look at The Dodo Changes Our View of This Iconic
WEBSep 1, 2024 · Representations of dodos may look hilariously gormless and their name is now synonymous with the likes of 'dolt' and 'boofhead'. But it seems the dodo's situation more aptly represents victim blaming instead.
Not so dead as a dodo: ‘De-extinction’ plan to reintroduce ... - CNN
WEBDec 1, 2023 · Conservationists hope they can return the bird to Guam in the next few years. The dodo, extinct for over three centuries, could return to Mauritius thanks to an audacious plan from biotech...
Dodos were fast and powerful, not slow and inept, definitive …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A new study has cleared up scientific misconceptions about the extinct dodo, identifying the reference specimen for the species and showing they were fast and powerful.
A ‘De-extinction’ Company Wants to Bring Back the Dodo
WEBJan 31, 2023 · Colossal Biosciences, the headline-grabbing, venture-capital-funded juggernaut of de-extinction science, announced plans on January 31 to bring back the dodo. Whether “bringing back” a semblance...
What it would take to bring back the dodo - Nature
WEBFeb 10, 2023 · The flightless dodo went extinct in the seventeenth century. Biotech company Colossal Biosciences plans to resurrect it. Credit: Hart, F/Bridgeman Images
Dodo 'de-extinction' announcement causes conservation debate
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · Colossal Biosciences first hit the headlines after announcing projects aiming to resurrect extinct species such as the woolly mammoth and thylacine. The dodo is now within its sights following the injection of a reported $150 million into the company.