The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback
A project to bring back America’s most iconic extinct species
The first project to revive an extinct animal using its museum-specimen DNA starts here. Once it succeeds, the techniques will be applicable to hundreds of other extinct species.
The passenger pigeon was selected for its iconic status and its relative practicality. Its DNA has already been sequenced. Some of its fans among scientists have the technical capability to begin the miracle of resurrection.
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