Tag Archives: tigers

A deeper look at de-extinctioning

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Really good stuff. You are wandering the forests of Mauritius, an oyster-shaped island east of Madagascar, when you spy a dodo, a bird famous for being as dead as one can possibly be. Yet this dodo waddles before you, pecking … Continue reading →

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Dodo update

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Everyone needs a home. After years of working on bringing back one of the most popular extinct animals — the dodo — Colossal Biosciences has found a home for its bird in Mauritius in a new partnership with the Mauritian … Continue reading →

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Woolly mammoth de-extinctioning

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go. In a historic building in Deep Ellum, a colossal effort is underway to bring some of the most famously extinct animals back to life. The wild mission comes from a Dallas-based company called Colossal Biosciences which is … Continue reading →

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Mammoths and dodos

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

How you feel about this will likely depend on how strongly you identify with that Ian Malcolm quote from Jurassic Park. The Texas entrepreneur working to bring back the woolly mammoth has added a new species to his revival list: … Continue reading →

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The tiger is back in custody

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

What a world. After a weeklong search, Houston’s missing tiger, India, is now on his way to his new home at an animal sanctuary in Murchison, about three hours north of Houston. Noelle Almrud, senior director for the Cleveland Amory … Continue reading →

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And now, a few words about tigers

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

We have a lot of them in Texas, and as is the way in this state, there’s little to no regulation of them. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, announced on Monday that he is co-sponsoring the Big Cat Public … Continue reading →

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