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Life

Colossal claims an artificial eggshell will help it bring back the moa

Colossal Biosciences, the company that says it resurrected the dire wolf, now says it has developed artificial eggshells so it can replicate the huge eggs of the moa. Independent experts say this isn't nearly enough to bring back these giant birds

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An ancient radiolarian

Life

Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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We might be wrong about humanity’s near extinction

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The woolly rhino

Life

Woolly rhino genome recovered from meat in frozen wolf pup’s stomach

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Life

De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype

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The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

Life

The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

Features

AYMTTG A man looks at a display in the Hall of Biodiversity American Museum of Natural History

Life

Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds

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Life

Colossal scientist now admits they haven’t really made dire wolves

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A six-and-a-half-centimetre snail is one of the rarest animals at the park. The Giant Magnolia Snail had been thought to have been extinct before living specimens were found in southern Vietnam in 2012.Classified as critically endangered, there are thought to be as few as 300 of the left coiling snail in the world with eight at Longleat and just 56 in European zoos and Safari Parks. Keeper Samantha Peeke has been ensuring they settle in and the snails will soon be able to be seen in the Animal Adventure area of the Park.?They are kept in a sterile environment to protect them, and each has an ID tag. We are hoping they will start breeding which will be incredible for the species. Tom_Anders_GiantSnail

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A giant snail that lives up to its name

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A company called Colossal Biosciences says it has revived an extinct species ? the dire wolf. ?On October 1, 2024, for the first time in human history, Colossal successfully restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction

Society

Why claims about 'resurrecting' dire wolves are the tip of the iceberg

Colossal Biosciences’s "de-extinction" news is just the latest in a slew of eyebrow-raising claims by privately funded researchers. Is the bar for belief lower when those making the claims have a lot of money, wonders Jonathan R. Goodman

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Life

No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction

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Humans

Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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Life

De-extinction company claims it has nearly complete thylacine genome

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Environment

Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction

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