AI Helps Colossal Biosciences Revive the Dodo by 2030

Colossal Biosciences announced that AI is helping accelerate efforts to bring the extinct dodo bird back, with the species potentially returning to life by the early 2030s. The company uses AI to fill gaps in degraded ancient DNA samples. The Dallas-based firm plans to edit primordial germ cells from the dodo's closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon, using a new AI platform called GenoMorph to identify about 2,350 genetic switches linked to the bird's distinctive beak. This follows Colossal's 2025 success in de-extincting the dire wolf. The dodo vanished over 350 years ago, and its genome was assembled from a single well-preserved specimen. Colossal also lists the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, moa, and quagga among its de-extinction targets, with each breakthrough intended to build a scalable platform for future projects.