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Monday, July 13, 2020

Science Focus, 10 July 2020 - De-extinction: Can we bring extinct animals back from the dead?

Title:
De-extinction: Can we bring extinct animals back from the dead?

Author:
Helen Pilcher

Published:
Science Focus, 10 July 2020
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/de-extinction-can-we-bring-extinct-animals-back-from-the-dead/

From the article:
* De-extinction is very much a science in development, but it’s moving at a rapid pace.

* In Australia, Prof Michael Archer and colleagues are working on bringing back the gastric-brooding frog, a remarkable animal that nurtured its young in its stomach before burping up fully-formed froglets. So far, the team has produced embryos that ‘almost’ turn into tadpoles but not quite.