Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird ...
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A Company Is Saving the DNA of America's Endangered Species, Just in Case

Backed by George R.R. Martin and Peter Jackson, Colossal Biosciences plans to preserve DNA from roughly 2,300 threatened and endangered U.S. species.
The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going ...
Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...
This Critically Endangered Bird’s Song Was About to Disappear. Scientists Saved It by Recruiting Some Wild Vocal Tutors ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore ...
Colossal Biosciences is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to launch a biobank to save endangered species.
American bald eagles need towering trees to raise young. Blanding’s turtles thrive in undisturbed freshwater habitats. Presidio manzanita, an evergreen shrub, requires unusual serpentine soils to grow ...
Interior Department is partnering with Colossal Biosciences to create a genetic archive for endangered species.