Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The world’s only de-extinction company, Colossal Biosciences, has today announced the sixth species joining their roster. Adding to the already impressive list of woolly mammoth, dodo, moa, thylacine, and dire wolf is the bluebuck, an antelope species that went extinct around 1800.
IFLScience caught up with CEO and Co-Founder Ben Lamm and Chief Animal Officer Matt James to talk all things bluebuck, practical conservation applications, new technology, and if a living, breathing bluebuck is really achievable – and what that might mean for wider antelope conservation.
Read more: iflscience.com/the-plan-is-definitely-to-make-a-living-breathing-bluebuck-colossal-biosciences-announces-the-south-african-bluebuck-as-6th-species-on-its-de-extinction-list-83335
The world’s only de-extinction company, Colossal Biosciences, has today announced the sixth species joining their roster. Adding to the already impressive list of woolly mammoth, dodo, moa, thylacine, and dire wolf is the bluebuck, an antelope species that went extinct around 1800.
IFLScience caught up with CEO and Co-Founder Ben Lamm and Chief Animal Officer Matt James to talk all things bluebuck, practical conservation applications, new technology, and if a living, breathing bluebuck is really achievable – and what that might mean for wider antelope conservation.
Read more: iflscience.com/the-plan-is-definitely-to-make-a-living-breathing-bluebuck-colossal-biosciences-announces-the-south-african-bluebuck-as-6th-species-on-its-de-extinction-list-83335
