Despite Biotech Efforts to Revive Species, Extinction Is Still Forever
In the last decade, laboratory initiatives to recreate long-extinct species have stirred controversy. Now, scientists increasingly agree “de-extinction” is not possible, but breeding living animals with genes similar to those lost species can be a useful conservation tool.
Author Christopher Preston is an environmental philosopher at the University of Montana. His latest book, Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries that Change How We Think About Animals, won the 2024 High Plains International Book Award for nonfiction.
