Using Gene Editing, Startup Tries to Revive Extinct Bluebuck
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May 1, 2026
An antelope wiped out by European hunters more than two centuries ago could one day be roaming again—if a Dallas startup succeeds. Colossal Biosciences said the bluebuck, a slate-hued antelope last seen in South Africa's Cape region around 1800, is now its sixth de-extinction target, joining the woolly mammoth,...
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