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9 extinct animals scientists are trying to bring back, from the woolly mammoth to the dodo

Advances in ancient DNA and gene editing have turned de-extinction from science fiction into an active industry, with startups and nonprofits racing to revive species that vanished centuries or millennia ago. Some projects rely on gene-edited surrogates, like elephants carrying mammoth traits, while others use old-fashioned selective breeding to recreate a lost look. Here are […]