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Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
There are now five active de-extinction projects: mammoth, thylacine, dodo, dire wolf, and moa.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Colossal is also making breakthroughs on its dodo bird and thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) projects, framing de-extinction not as spectacle, but as a tool for conservation, resilience and ethical reflection.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
In 2023, Mármol Sánchez led a study that sequenced RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
There are now five active de-extinction projects: mammoth, thylacine, dodo, dire wolf, and moa.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Colossal is also making breakthroughs on its dodo bird and thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) projects, framing de-extinction not as spectacle, but as a tool for conservation, resilience and ethical reflection.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
In 2023, Mármol Sánchez led a study that sequenced RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Thylacine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thylacine. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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