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Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.

De-extinction, the science of resurrecting extinct species, is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life — and one they've already revived.

Silicon Valley loves a charismatic visionary. Sometimes a little too much, like when that vision outstrips reality. I recently talked about this with Tom Chi, once a founding member of Google X and now founding partner at At One Ventures.

Colossal Biosciences explain the complex science behind ‘de-extinction’ and reveal their target date for the first woolly mammoth calf.

Colossal Biosciences, which is behind bid to bring back Tasmanian tiger, teams up with Melbourne Zoo to save 15cm reptile

Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas company working to bring back the woolly mammoth and Tasmanian tiger, is one step closer to its ambitious goals after generating the first high-quality reference genome of an African elephant.

A company called Colossal Biosciences wants to resurrect the iconic dodo, but it won't look exactly like the extinct creature.

Dallas-based tech firm Colossal Biosciences has previously announced plans to bring back the lumbering woolly mammoth - which last roamed the earth 10,000 years ago - but recently said it also wants to resurrect the Dodo

A company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors

The thylacine had trademark stripes and, rare in the animal world, abdominal pouches in both females and males. The last known specimen died in a zoo in 1936.

Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas company pursuing plans to bring woolly mammoths back to the Arctic tundra, is setting its sights on bringing back another extinct species: the Tasmanian tiger.