KERA News

A Dallas de-extinction company wants to use a 3D-printed shell to bring back a 12-foot tall bird

Colossal Bioscience announced Tuesday it hatched live chicks from a 3D-printed silicone shell. It aims to use the shell to ...
Nature

Could this synthetic egg bring back extinct birds? Researchers urge caution

The artificial egg contains a lattice shell architecture that incorporates a silicone-based membrane. This artificial shell ...
Smithsonian Magazine

New, Rare Dove Hatchlings Are a ‘Source of Hope’ for the Extinct-in-the-Wild Birds and a Step Forward in the Ambitious Project to Save Them

The Socorro dove has not been recorded in the wild since 1972, but that could change within only a few years, ...
People

Once-Extinct Bird Is Now Laying Eggs in the Wild for the First Time in Nearly 40 Years

"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek ...