Colossal and the US Government Are Creating an Endangered Species ‘BioVault’
The samples will be cryopreserved and stored at Colossal’s lab in Dallas, with duplicate samples distributed across the country.The company, which last year claimed to have created living dire wolf pups, will perform genetic sequencing on the samples and make the data available to researchers and conservationists. Fish and Wildlife did this when it cloned the black-footed ferret—one of the most endangered mammals in North America—using cryopreserved cells of a ferret that died in the 1980s. Announced in 2021, it was the first instance of cloning a US endangered species.
- ▪The samples will be cryopreserved and stored at Colossal’s lab in Dallas, with duplicate samples distributed across the country.The company, which last year claimed to have created living dire wolf pups, will perform genetic sequencing on t
- ▪Fish and Wildlife did this when it cloned the black-footed ferret—one of the most endangered mammals in North America—using cryopreserved cells of a ferret that died in the 1980s.
- ▪Announced in 2021, it was the first instance of cloning a US endangered species.
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Emily MullinScienceJun 25, 2026 9:00 AMColossal and the US Government Are Creating an Endangered Species ‘BioVault’The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.Courtesy of ColossalCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe US government is partnering with Texas-based de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences to build a national repository of genetic material from endangered and threatened species.
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