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Risa Aria Schnebly, Ph.D. Student in Biology and Society, Arizona State University

Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these high-tech replacements aren’t really ‘resurrecting’ species

An impossible sight – but maybe not for long. Beeldbewerking/iStock via Getty Images Plus

It’s no secret that human activities have put many of this planet’s inhabitants in danger. Extinctions are happening at a dramatically faster rate than they have over the past tens of millions of years. An estimated quarter of all species on Earth are at risk of being lost, many within decades.

What can scientists possibly do to stop that trend? For some, the answer is to “de-extinct.”

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