Can this giant freezer de-extinct animals?

Mongabay
Mar 23, 2026, 2:51 pm124 ptsTrending
We’re losing species at an alarming rate. Could freezing the genetic material of the world’s most endangered animals help save them? Biotech start-up Colossal Biosciences is developing a “biovault” — a massive facility designed to store the frozen DNA of threatened species. Their founder calls it “a…

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