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Ben Lamm and Colossal Biosciences: The billionaire tech founder behind the $10 billion plan to bring back extinct animals

Tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm is spearheading Colossal Biosciences, a company aiming to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth through genetic engineering. Despite no living mammoth or commercial product, Lamm has secured significant investor backing, valuing the company at over $10 billion. While controversial, the venture explores creating hybrid…

The Economic Times · Jun 23

Company Hoping To Revive Extinct Animals By Cloning Them Successfully Creates The Artificial Egg Needed To Do So

“There’s no bird on Earth today that could grow a moa embryo inside one of their eggs. So we have to come up with artificial eggs.”

Bored Panda · Jun 7

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Colossal Biosciences answers the question via its latest ‘de-extinction’ attempt

Bring on the genetic monstrosities!

We Got This Covered · May 26

Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Inside the company that says it can

Colossal Biosciences’ CEO says its work follows a ‘moral obligation’ while critics say it’s ‘tech bro’ hype that could undermine conservation

The Guardian - US · Mar 15

Bringing back extinct species is 'the most exciting thing in 2026', says Colossal founder at WGS

De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences unveiled its 'bio vaults' at last week's World Governments Summit in Dubai.

Euronews · Feb 13

Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?

Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a megafauna-hunting wolf species that had been extinct for 10,000 years.

The Conversation · Feb 2

Life on Mars? Let’s focus on fixing the Earth first — by reviving extinct species

We’re racing to build new worlds, but we should take care of the one we have, says Ben Lamm

Evening Standard · Jan 15

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing?

The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2025

Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforest

The manumea, a critically endangered ground pigeon and one of the closest living dodo relatives, has been spotted multiple times in a remote Samoan rainforest.

LiveScience · Dec 25, 2025

Celebrity astronauts, pig lungs and cyborgs: the biggest tech and science stories of 2025

From pop stars in space to the woolly mammoth revival, Will Rogers-Coltman picks 2025’s science milestones

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025