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Scientists are actually trying to bring back the dodo - that quirky, long-lost bird from Mauritius that vanished centuries ago. It sounds unbelievable, but it’s real science in progress. This video is ...

Interview excerpt A sparkling green emerald in a turquoise sea, crowned by an azure sky and formed by volcanic rock, Mauritius is a small independent island nation of 787 square miles in the Indian ...

What do woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and dodos have in common? Well, they’re all characters in the movie franchise Ice Age, and they’re all extinct. But not for long, according to researchers at ...

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. On Wednesday, the “de-extinction” ...

300 years after it went extinct, scientists at Texas-based Colossal Biosciences say they may be close to bringing back the dodo bird. They still have a long, long way to go, but according to Colossal ...

(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 ...