Key breakthrough for the return of the dodo: viable cells have been obtained and genetically modified birds have been prepared.

New findings add to evidence that enlarged brains seen in modern birds and presumably in their prehistoric ancestors were not the driver of pterosaurs’ ability to achieve flight, says @HopkinsMedicine ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...

Known to science as Raphus cucullatus, dodos also went by the nickname “wallowbird”, said to have been inspired by the way ...

Watch the video to see the tragic reason the dodo birds went extinct!

There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called “iterative evolution.” Here’s a real-life example of how it works ...

DALLAS — The dodo has been extinct for more than 300 years, but that isn’t stopping Dallas’ Colossal Biosciences from trying to resurrect the 3-foot-tall, flightless bird. Last Wednesday, the ...

(CNN) — A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction, has made some headway, according to ...

The company noted that it has established a breeding colony of the birds in Texas and begun to collect primordial germ cells. Beyond that, Colossal would need to be able to edit the germ cells of the ...

(CNN) - A Texas company says it’s a step closer to bringing back the dodo bird from extinction. The dodo bird has been extinct for about 400 years. Wednesday, Colossal Biosciences announced that it is ...