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

  • Written by 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’ speciesAn 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...

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