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A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell

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NEW YORK (AP) — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission.

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What happened

NEW YORK (AP) — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission.

Why it matters

Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to Colossal Biosciences.

Common ground

Colossal previously announced it had genetically engineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the woolly mammoth and wolf pups that take after dire wolves.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Colossal has designed an artificial eggshell with a membrane that allows the right amount of oxygen to get in, just like a real egg.”
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The development of a silicone-based, oxygen-permeable membrane within a lattice structure is confirmed by National Geographic, Sky News, and other web results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Colossal says it’s solved this problem by creating a new silicone-based membrane, which is placed inside a rigid hexagonal cup to provide support. The semi-permeable material allows oxygen to pass thr…
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/artificia…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pic: Colossal Biosciences. The company says it has developed an entirely artificial egg with a lattice structure and silicone-based membrane.
https://news.sky.com/story/de-extinction-firm-colossal-biosc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Scientists say Colossal has designed an artificial eggshell with a membrane that allows the right amount of oxygen to get in, just like a real egg.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-de-extinction-company-hatched-…
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Claim 2: “New Zealand's extinct South Island giant moa, whose eggs are 80 times the size of a chicken’s”
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The specific detail that the South Island giant moa's eggs are 80 times the size of a chicken's is corroborated by a cross-reference (Phys) and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ellesmere Island (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ ᓄᓇ, romanized: Umingmak Nuna, lit. 'land of muskoxen'; French: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellesmere_Island
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around 1,400 kilometres (870 mi; 756 nmi)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia
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Claim 3: “To hatch the chicks, Colossal scientists poured fertilized eggs into the artificial system and placed them in an incubator.”
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The process of pouring fertilized eggs into the artificial system and using an incubator is confirmed by both a cross-reference (Phys) and CBS News.
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web search NEUTRAL — A modern egg incubator. An incubator is a device simulating avian incubation by keeping eggs warm at a particular temperature range and in the correct humidity with a turning mechanism to hatch them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubator_(egg)
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web search NEUTRAL — Live chicks have been hatched using a 3D-printed artificial eggshell that mimics some functions of a natural egg, including oxygen exchange and calcium supplementation.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-de-extinction-company-hatched-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beyond chickens, Colossal says this technology could be scaled up to eventually hatch the extinct species in bigger eggs. This isn’t the first time Colossal, which has fundraised over $600 million and…
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/artificia…
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Claim 4: “Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to Colossal Biosciences.”
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The use of a 3D-printed artificial eggshell to hatch chicks is reported by multiple sources, including National Geographic and other web results referencing Colossal's claims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colossal Biosciences Inc. is an American biotechnology and genetic engineering company working to de-extinct several extinct animals, including the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, the dire wolf,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Biosciences
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — De-extinction (also known as resurrection biology, or species revivalism) is the process of human intervention to generate an organism that either resembles or is an extinct organism. There are severa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-extinction
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus ) is an extinct species of canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–10,000 years ago). The species was name…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf
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Claim 5: “In decades past, researchers have used cruder technology to create transparent eggshells that hatched chicks from plastic films or sacks.”
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The mention of previous researchers using plastic films or sacks to hatch chicks is corroborated by CBS News and other web search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — A chicken eggshell is strong enough to hold a mama hen’s weight, yet light enough for a tiny chick to peck through while hatching. Oxygen can pass through the eggshell while the embryo is developing, …
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/artificia…
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web search NEUTRAL — It's an artificial eggshell," said Lynch. In decades past, researchers have used cruder technology to create transparent eggshells that hatched chicks from plastic films or sacks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/live-chicks-hatched-artificial-…
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web search NEUTRAL — In decades past, researchers have used cruder technology to create transparent eggshells that hatched chicks from plastic films or sacks.
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-de-extinction-company-hatched-…
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Claim 6: “Colossal previously announced it had genetically engineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the woolly mammoth and wolf pups that take after dire wolves.”
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Multiple sources confirm Colossal's claims regarding genetically engineered animals resembling extinct species, specifically mentioning 'dire wolf pups' and 'woolly mammoth mice'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dire wolves and woolly mammoths have been extinct for thousands of years.It’s altering the DNA from still-living species — like the grey wolf, a close relative of the dire wolf — to give them the trai…
https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/dire-wolves-woolly-mammoth-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Colossal says its dire wolf work had key differences. Scientists first analyzed the genome of the dire wolves contained in the ancient tooth and skull.
https://time.com/7275439/science-behind-dire-wolf-return/
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web search NEUTRAL — Adorable dire wolf pups mark 'world's first de-extinction,' Colossal Biosciences says.Romulus and Remus are two 6-month-old dire wolves, created by genetically engineering cells from living gray wolve…
https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/dire-wol…
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Claim 7: “A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment”
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Multiple independent news sources (CBS News, National Geographic) confirm that Colossal Biosciences announced hatching live chicks in an artificial environment.
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web search NEUTRAL — To hatch the chicks, Colossal scientists poured fertilized eggs into the artificial system and placed them in an incubator. They also added calcium, which is normally absorbed from the eggshell, and i…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/live-chicks-hatched-artificial-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beyond chickens, Colossal says this technology could be scaled up to eventually hatch the extinct species in bigger eggs. This isn’t the first time Colossal, which has fundraised over $600 million and…
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/artificia…
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web search NEUTRAL — Colossal Biosciences Inc. is an American biotechnology and genetic engineering company working to de-extinct several extinct animals, including the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, the northern wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Biosciences
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