De-Extinction Archives - Revive & Restore

Jan 25

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

By Kika Tuff De-Extinction, Media Coverage

Discover the biotechnologies underlying de-extinction and what they offer conservation in this first episode of the new podcast series BWC Global Forum by the Johns Hopkin's Center for Health Security In this podcast episode, Revive & Restore's Lead Scientist Ben...

Feb 24

The Audacious Experiment of Pleistocene Park

By RandR ADMIN Pleistocene Park, Revive & Restore, Woolly Mammoth

An artist's renderings of the mammoth steppe. Courtesy Pleistocene Park Foundation. Through the work spearheaded by one family, an ecosystem reengineering experiment is bringing new life to the Arctic. It's an effort to stop the thaw of permafrost and the...

Feb 04

Citizen Science for the Passenger Pigeon – Join the Project!

By RandR ADMIN Ben Novak, De-Extinction, Get Involved, Passenger Pigeon

-Ben J. Novak Revive & Restore’s Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback began in 2012 with two questions: Can we bring back the passenger pigeon to the eastern forests of the United States? And if so, why bring it back? To answer…

Jan 24

Beth Shapiro: The Young Science of Ancient DNA

By RandR ADMIN De-Extinction, Genetic Rescue, Woolly Mammoth

It is difficult to overstate the influence and guidance Beth Shapiro has lent to the field paleogenomics and the work of Revive & Restore. Beth is one of our Board Members as well as an advisor for our Passenger Pigeon...

Aug 26

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

By RandR ADMIN De-Extinction, Heath Hen

The Vineyard Gazette Noah Asimow – August 22, 2019 Buried deep within the woods of the Manuel Correllus State Forest is a statue of Booming Ben, the world’s final heath hen. Once common all along the eastern seaboard, the species…

Oct 10

Meet the Scientists Bringing Back Extinct Species From the Dead

By RandR ADMIN De-Extinction, Passenger Pigeon

Meet the Scientists Bringing Extinct Species Back From the Dead Wall Street Journal – October 9, 2018 “The last known passenger pigeon—a bird named Martha—died in captivity at a Cincinnati zoo in 1914. Her demise sparked the passing of modern...

Jul 05

New Book on Woolly Mammoth De-extinction

By RandR ADMIN De-Extinction, Woolly Mammoth

Revive & Restore plays a role in Ben Mezrich’s new book WOOLLY – soon to be a feature film directed by Oscar Sharp. The book reads like a novel, but it tells the story of real characters and real events. ...

May 02

The Great Comeback Down Under

By RandR ADMIN De-Extinction, Passenger Pigeon

Ben Novak – Revive & Restore's Lead Researcher for The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback – is pursuing his Ph.D. at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. There, he will be working with scientists from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation...

Dec 19

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

By RandR ADMIN De-Extinction

By Ben J. Novak “Gone the way of the Dodo” is the all-too-common sigh of remorse uttered when another species joins the growing list of recent extinctions. The last Dodo bird died on the island of Mauritius (located about 1,200…

Dec 29

2015 Year End Report by Stewart Brand

By RandR ADMIN Black-Footed Ferret, De-Extinction, Heath Hen, Passenger Pigeon

Revive & Restore has set out to expand conservation practice by demonstrating how new genomic tools can be applied to a variety of serious wildlife problems that have proved unsolvable by traditional means. Working with dozens of scientists, we are…

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