Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Birds, palaeontology, conservation & general natural history. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/research/natural-history-research/natural-history-team
Shape-shifters in the canopy: following the dramatic transformation of orchid seeds after their germination blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/07/27/s...
Shape-shifters in the canopy: following the dramatic transformation of orchid seeds after their germination | Te Papa’s BlogScientists from the Lions Ōtari Plant Conservation Laboratory and Te Papa have followed and documented the changes orchid seeds undergo from germination to adult form. A description of these rarely…blog.tepapa.govt.nz
A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records - and possibly disappear foreverBefore he became the namesake of one of the largest predators that ever lived - or made it into the footnotes of an auction catalogue - the late Gary "Gus" Licking, a cattle rancher in South Dakota, h...www.rnz.co.nz"the media was essentially acting as an effective PR arm for Colossal—[that] was really shocking to me”
Carl T. BergstromThe whole dire wolf thing was borderline fraud. And of course the point of all this bollocks is that all these accelerationists, longtermists, EAs, and their GOP allies have been salivating over an excuse to destroy the environment now on the grounds that later generations can recover it.
"The focus on high-glamour, extinct predators distracts resources from urgent, grounded conservation work needed for critically endangered living species"
Nic Rawlencewww.openaccessgovernment.org/researchers-...
"Quite literally, it’s federal biologists, paid with taxpayer dollars, who will collect samples, which will then be stored and used for such things as “biotechnology development” by Colossal"
Our Public Lands & WatersA new agreement between the USFWS and Colossal Biosciences (of dire wolf revival fame) allows the private company to collect cell lines, tissue samples, and DNA from all species listed as threatened and endangered under the Endangered Species Act. #conservation #publiclands #endangeredspeciesact
“It seems like a bit of a risk for the U.S. government to place biomaterials in a for-profit company that doesn’t have a very long track record” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/c...
Trump Administration Moves to Preserve Cells and DNA of Imperiled Specieswww.nytimes.comAuthor Ian Smith ..writes of de-extinction that “it’s not merely nonsense, but dangerous nonsense. It makes extinction sound like something that’s solvable through scientific jiggery-pokery"
Woolly mice and "dire wolves" are a distraction from attacks on endangered species, experts caution - Salon.comEnvironmentalists express dismay as the Endangered Species Act is targeted and genetic stunts take the spotligwww.salon.com[In 2025] Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company ...with the goal of “de-extincting” animals, announced it had brought back the dire wolf ...That same day, the U.S. Department of the Interior sent a proposal to the White House to weaken the Endangered Species Act
Woolly mice and "dire wolves" are a distraction from attacks on endangered species, experts caution - Salon.comEnvironmentalists express dismay as the Endangered Species Act is targeted and genetic stunts take the spotligwww.salon.com
