Dodos may be extinct, but that isn’t stopping Colossal Biosciences — a biotechnology and genetic engineering company founded in 2021 — from working to genetically resurrect the endearingly flightless bird. So, could we see dodos dawdling around in their formerly natural habitat any time soon? Here’s what scientists are working on.
Colossal Biosciences, spearheaded by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard geneticist George Church, works to develop new technologies in conservation biology as well as human health care. They’ve already been hard at work bringing the extinct woolly mammoth and Tasmanian tiger back to life. Now, per a report from Vice, they’ve added the dodo to their list of candidates.
