De-Extinction Archives - Revive & Restore

Passenger pigeon illustration from Research and Rescue: Saving Species from Ourselves Ashley Braun. Long Reads, October 2019.

2023 De-Extinction Media Coverage

BWC Global: “As a conservation non-profit, our goal is actual restoration in the wild”

Discover the biotechnologies underlying de-extinction and what they offer conservation in this first episode of…

Kika TuffJanuary 25, 2023

Pleistocene Park Woolly Mammoth

The Audacious Experiment of Pleistocene Park

An artist's renderings of the mammoth steppe. Courtesy Pleistocene Park Foundation. Through the work spearheaded…

RandR ADMINFebruary 24, 2020

De-Extinction Passenger Pigeon

Citizen Science for the Passenger Pigeon – Join the Project!

-Ben J. Novak Revive & Restore’s Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback began in 2012 with two…

RandR ADMINFebruary 4, 2020

De-Extinction Woolly Mammoth

Beth Shapiro: The Young Science of Ancient DNA

It is difficult to overstate the influence and guidance Beth Shapiro has lent to the…

RandR ADMINJanuary 24, 2020

De-Extinction Heath Hen

By Land and Sea, Looking to Restore a Planet in Crisis

Pictured Above: The De-Extinction Crew – from the left, Bridget Baumgartner, Ben Novak, Ryan Phelan,…

RandR ADMINAugust 26, 2019

De-Extinction Passenger Pigeon

Meet the Scientists Bringing Back Extinct Species From the Dead

Meet the Scientists Bringing Extinct Species Back From the Dead Wall Street Journal – October…

RandR ADMINOctober 10, 2018

De-Extinction Woolly Mammoth

New Book on Woolly Mammoth De-extinction

Revive & Restore plays a role in Ben Mezrich’s new book WOOLLY – soon to…

RandR ADMINJuly 5, 2017

De-Extinction Passenger Pigeon

The Great Comeback Down Under

Ben Novak – Revive & Restore's Lead Researcher for The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback –…

RandR ADMINMay 2, 2017

De-Extinction

Dodo Bird De-extinction? The Dialogue Has Begun in the Island Nation of Mauritius

By Ben J. Novak “Gone the way of the Dodo” is the all-too-common sigh of…

RandR ADMINDecember 19, 2016

De-Extinction Heath Hen Passenger Pigeon

2015 Year End Report by Stewart Brand

Revive & Restore has set out to expand conservation practice by demonstrating how new genomic…

RandR ADMINDecember 29, 2015

De-Extinction

BWC Global: “As a conservation non-profit, our goal is actual restoration in the wild”

The Audacious Experiment of Pleistocene Park

Citizen Science for the Passenger Pigeon – Join the Project!

Beth Shapiro: The Young Science of Ancient DNA

By Land and Sea, Looking to Restore a Planet in Crisis

Meet the Scientists Bringing Back Extinct Species From the Dead

New Book on Woolly Mammoth De-extinction

The Great Comeback Down Under

Dodo Bird De-extinction? The Dialogue Has Begun in the Island Nation of Mauritius

2015 Year End Report by Stewart Brand

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