A California Sanctuary Becomes a Global Lifeline for the World’s Endangered Gibbons
Hidden in the dry hills of California’s Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles, an unusual conservation center has spent half a century protecting some of the world’s rarest primates. The Gibbon Conservation Center, founded in 1976, has evolved from a small collection of animals into an internationally recognized institution devoted exclusively to gibbon conservation, […]
U.S. and Colossal Launch ‘BioVault’ to Preserve DNA and Living Cells of Endangered Species
A U.S. government agency and biotech company Colossal Biosciences have announced plans to build a genomic and cellular “BioVault” for every species protected under the Endangered Species Act, creating a cryogenic archive of living cells, reproductive tissues and genomic DNA from roughly 2,300 threatened and endangered animals and plants. The initiative is being launched through […]
