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The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback Takes Flight in New Documentary

Revive & Restore is proud to be featured in the groundbreaking documentary series "The Resurrection…

Elizabeth BennettMarch 14, 2025

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An Overlooked Lifeline: The Revolutionary Potential of Stem Cell Technology for Wildlife Conservation

We're excited to share a recent op-ed authored by R&R Program Manager and Stem Cell…

Elizabeth BennettMarch 13, 2025

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 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

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Experimental Investigation of the Dietary Ecology of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius

The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the dominant species in eastern North American forests for…

RandR ADMINMarch 14, 2018

Passenger Pigeon

The Paradoxical Passenger Pigeon Genome

Image credit: Tim Hough Natural selection shaped the rise and fall of passenger pigeon genomic…

RandR ADMINNovember 16, 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

Passenger Pigeon

The Rousing of an 11-Year-Old De-Extincter!

A big part of what we do at Revive & Restore is bring together scientists…

RandR ADMINJanuary 30, 2017

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The Passenger Pigeon: The Ecosystem Engineer of Eastern North American Forests

By Ben J. Novak Ryan Phelan and Stewart Brand congratulate Ben Novak at the…

RandR ADMINDecember 12, 2016

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Informing Bird Conservationists on Current and Potential Uses of Genetic Rescue

By Ben J. Novak At the 2016 North American Ornithology Conference (NAOC) held this August in…

RandR ADMINNovember 9, 2016

Passenger Pigeon

The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback Takes Flight in New Documentary

An Overlooked Lifeline: The Revolutionary Potential of Stem Cell Technology for Wildlife Conservation

Citizen Science for the Passenger Pigeon – Join the Project!

Meet the Scientists Bringing Back Extinct Species From the Dead

Experimental Investigation of the Dietary Ecology of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius

The Paradoxical Passenger Pigeon Genome

The Great Comeback Down Under

The Rousing of an 11-Year-Old De-Extincter!

The Passenger Pigeon: The Ecosystem Engineer of Eastern North American Forests

Informing Bird Conservationists on Current and Potential Uses of Genetic Rescue

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