🎓 Meet the SRF Class of 2026. Every year, the Colossal Foundation’s Species Reintroduction Fund awards $250,000 to some of the most important species reintroduction projects on the planet. These are the seven selected for 2026. Go make us proud. (1/10)
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Dire wolves are just the beginning 🐺🧬 Huge thanks to @Gizmodo for honoring Colossal as one of their 2026 Science Fair winners. Each breakthrough brings us one step closer to making extinction a thing of the past.
This Gene-Tech Is More Impressive Than the Extinct Dire Wolves It Created. Here's Why gizmodo.com/this-gene-tech-i…
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Did you know living mammals fall into just three infraclasses based on their "baby-making" techniques? Monotremes, marsupials, and placentals. Also, the platypus has a single orifice for urination, defecation, and reproduction. Use that fact responsibly.
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Would finding the second largest dinosaur ever feel like glory, disappointment, or motivation? The “titan” of paleontology, @kenlacovara, tells you exactly what it felt like and what he did next.
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The brown howler monkey can hit ~140 dB, making it one of the loudest land animals on Earth. Louder than motorcycles, ambulance sirens, and most rock concerts. After nearly 200 years of silence, those howls are returning to Rio's Tijuca National Park. (1/2)
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Blue is the world's favorite color. It's also one of nature's rarest. Evolution had to invent chemistry tricks, diet hacks, and microscopic light-bending just to create it. Now we're working to bring the bluebuck, and a little more blue, back to Africa. 😎
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New research suggests the thylacine may have hunted unlike any mammal alive today. Read the full paper on @Nature ➡️ nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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EDIT: On slide 10, the images of a wolf and thylacine skull are swapped.
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There’s a lot to learn about life on this planet. But it’s kind of wild that one of its most important stories is one most people have never heard. We’re spilling the tea on the amniotic egg.
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