De-extinction: which extinct animals are actually coming back
Five species are in active de-extinction programs. What has actually been produced so far is narrower than the headlines suggest, and the distinction matters.
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Five species are in active de-extinction programs. What has actually been produced so far is narrower than the headlines suggest, and the distinction matters.
Six animals and two plants moved into the Extinct category in 2025. Most of them had been gone for decades before anyone made it official.