Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences

Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences (Colossal Biosciences) is a Dallas, Texas based genetic-engineering and de-extinction company founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church. It applies ancient-DNA sequencing, comparative genomics, CRISPR multiplex gene editing, cellular engineering and artificial-womb research to functional de-extinction and endangered-species conservation, with active programs on the woolly mammoth, thylacine, dodo, dire wolf, moa and bluebuck, plus the Colossal Biovault biobanking program and an EEHV vaccine effort for elephants. The company has raised roughly $435M through a $200M Series C in January 2025, spun out Form Bio (computational biology software) and Breaking (plastic degradation), and funds the nonprofit Colossal Foundation. Colossal publishes no product or developer API, no developer portal and no OpenAPI of its own; the machine-readable surface on colossal.com is the WordPress REST API (wp/v2) that serves the newsroom, science and species content, media library and site search as JSON, alongside a WordPress MCP Adapter endpoint that is present in the route index but authentication-gated. No first-party GitHub organization, SDK, package or /llms.txt was found.

Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Comments API, Discovery API, Media API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Company, Biotechnology, Genomics, Genetic Engineering, and Synthetic Biology.

Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences’ developer surface includes engineering blog, product news, authentication, and 24 more developer resources.

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aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences
name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences
description: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences (Colossal Biosciences) is a Dallas, Texas based genetic-engineering and de-extinction
  company founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church. It applies ancient-DNA sequencing,
  comparative genomics, CRISPR multiplex gene editing, cellular engineering and artificial-womb research to functional de-extinction
  and endangered-species conservation, with active programs on the woolly mammoth, thylacine, dodo, dire wolf, moa and bluebuck,
  plus the Colossal Biovault biobanking program and an EEHV vaccine effort for elephants. The company has raised roughly $435M
  through a $200M Series C in January 2025, spun out Form Bio (computational biology software) and Breaking (plastic degradation),
  and funds the nonprofit Colossal Foundation. Colossal publishes no product or developer API, no developer portal and no
  OpenAPI of its own; the machine-readable surface on colossal.com is the WordPress REST API (wp/v2) that serves the newsroom,
  science and species content, media library and site search as JSON, alongside a WordPress MCP Adapter endpoint that is present
  in the route index but authentication-gated. No first-party GitHub organization, SDK, package or /llms.txt was found.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/colossal-laboratories--biosciences/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-02'
  method: derived
image: https://colossal.com/wp-content/uploads/Colossal_BrandingRegistered_Logo_Icon_RGB_Wht-1.png
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-09'
modified: '2026-08-09'
tags:
- Company
- Biotechnology
- Genomics
- Genetic Engineering
- Synthetic Biology
- De-Extinction
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Life Sciences
- CRISPR
- Research
- Content
tags_raw:
- Company
- Biotechnology
- Genomics
- Genetic Engineering
- Synthetic Biology
- De-extinction
- Conservation
- Wildlife
- Life Sciences
- CRISPR
- Research
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apis:
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:mcp
  name: Colossal MCP Server (WordPress MCP Adapter)
  description: 'A Model Context Protocol server endpoint advertised in the colossal.com WordPress REST route index under the
    "mcp" namespace and served at /wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server. The endpoint is live but authentication-gated:
    an anonymous JSON-RPC tools/list returns HTTP 401 rest_forbidden, as does initialize and the companion wp-abilities/v1
    abilities registry, so the published tool set could not be enumerated. Colossal documents this endpoint nowhere; it was
    found by enumerating the REST route index.'
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/mcp
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server
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  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
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  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-tool-crosswalk.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-comments-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Comments API
  description: The Comments API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 2 operation(s) for comments.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Comments
  properties:
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    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-discovery-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Discovery API
  description: The Discovery API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 5 operation(s) for discovery.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-discovery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-media-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Media API
  description: The Media API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 3 operation(s) for media.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-pages-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Pages API
  description: The Pages API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 2 operation(s) for pages.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-posts-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Posts API
  description: The Posts API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 2 operation(s) for posts.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Posts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-posts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-search-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Search API
  description: The Search API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-settings-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Settings API
  description: The Settings API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 1 operation(s) for settings.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Settings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-settings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: DataModel
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-taxonomy-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Taxonomy API
  description: The Taxonomy API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 6 operation(s) for taxonomy.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Taxonomy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: DataModel
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
- aid: colossal-laboratories--biosciences:colossal-laboratories--biosciences-users-api
  name: Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences Users API
  description: The Users API from Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences — 3 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://colossal.com/news/
  baseURL: https://colossal.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - User
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  - Users
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  - type: DataModel
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-problem-types.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-examples.yml
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  date: '2026-08-09'
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  artifacts_added: 21
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
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  email: info@apis.io
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  url: overlays/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-content-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
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- type: About
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- type: Blog
  url: https://colossal.com/news/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://colossal.com/feed/
- type: News
  url: https://colossal.com/news/
- type: Technology
  url: https://colossal.com/technology/
- type: Careers
  url: https://colossal.com/careers/
- type: Team
  url: https://colossal.com/advisors/
- type: Education
  url: https://colossal.com/education/
- type: Foundation
  url: https://colossal.com/foundation/
- type: Glossary
  url: https://colossal.com/glossary/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/colossal
- type: Sitemap
  url: https://colossal.com/sitemap_index.xml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://colossal.com/terms-of-use/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://colossal.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-well-known.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-lifecycle.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-packages.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-agentic-access.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://www.hiive.com/securities/colossal-laboratories--biosciences-stock

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