Scientists think they could 'de-extinct' the Christmas Island rat

A new de-extinction study looks at how the gene-editing tool CRISPR could be used to revive the Christmas Island rat, and the ethical implications of doing so.
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De-extinction: Is it really possible to bring extinct animals back from the dead? - ABC News

TIL It's possible to bring back some extinct animals. In 2016, some ecologists from UCSB advised which species should be revived to best impact Earth's ecosystems. The species that made the cut

Exploring the Limitations of “Resurrecting” Extinct Animals

Scientists plan the resurrection of an animal that's been extinct since 1936 - WSVN 7News, Miami News, Weather, Sports

Dead as a dodo? The unsettling bid to bring back extinct species

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Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

De-extinction Scientists Set to Bring Back Enormous Long-Lost Rat

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Resurrecting the Christmas Island rat – the limits of possibility •

Why is it so hard to bring back extinct species? - Science Journal for Kids

Underdone Comics - Christmas Island was a nice place for the local rat species—that is until people got there, along with their black rat stowaways, and a whole species went extinct from

From Aptornis to Zosterops: What can be done about an extinction crisis 50,000 years in the making?