Dodo to be deëxtincted with genetic engineering

The dodo, a flightless bird once unique to Mauritius and hunted to extinction there, is to be re-introduced by genetically engineering fresh ones. The genomes of it and the Nicobar pigeon, the dodo's closest living relative, have been fully sequenced by paleogeneticists

US-based biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences, which is pursuing the 'de-extinction' of multiple species, including the woolly mammoth, has entered a partnership with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to find a suitable location for the large flightless birds. — Read the rest