Bringing back extinct species could lead to biodiversity loss rather than gain, according to work featuring University of Queensland researchers. UQ scientist Professor Hugh Possingham said... Read more
What does de-extinction mean for biology and the environment? A bird that once darkened the skies of the 19th-century U.S. no longer exists, except as well-preserved museum specimens bearing... Read more
As an ecologist of ice age giants, I long ago came to terms with the fact that I will never look my study organisms in the eye. I will never observe black-bear-sized beavers through binocula... Read more
Plans to ‘de-extinct’ other extinct animals and plants The genome of an extinct Australian frog has been revived and reactivated by a team of scientists using sophisticated cloning technolog... Read more