Revive & Restore
American nonprofit organization
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| February 17 2023 | A second cloned Przewalski's horse was born from the same historic cell line. This horse is a genetic twin to Kurt. |
| 2022 | Kurt, the cloned Przewalski's horse, was paired with a female Przewalski's horse at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Safari Park to learn the behaviors of his species. |
| 2021 | The woolly mammoth de-extinction project was transferred to George Church, marking a shift in the organization's research focus. |
| 2020 | Revive & Restore launched the 'Intended Consequences' campaign, highlighting the positive outcomes of conservation interventions. They hosted a virtual workshop which led to the publication of a special issue in the Conservation Science and Practice journal. |
| December 10 2020 | The world's first cloned black-footed ferret was born, named Elizabeth Ann. This marked the first time a U.S. endangered species was successfully cloned. |
| August 6 2020 | The world's first cloned Przewalski's horse was born, achieved through interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) using a domestic horse oocyte. This horse was named Kurt. |
| 2019 | Revive & Restore launched the Advanced Coral Toolkit program to support research teams in developing biotechnologies for coral reef management and restoration efforts. The program initially funded 10 research teams working on projects such as coral cryopreservation methods and developing fieldable devices for measuring coral stress. |
| 2017 | Revive & Restore became an independent 501(c)(3) organization, transitioning from its incubation by the Long Now Foundation. |
| 2013 | Revive & Restore organized the first public meeting on de-extinction, bringing together experts to discuss the potential of resurrecting extinct species through biotechnology. |
| 2012 | Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan co-founded Revive & Restore, establishing an organization focused on applying biotechnology solutions to conservation efforts. |
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