Reawakening Extinct Species
Season 7 Episode 710 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Scientists are trying to bring back extinct species. Is it right to turn back the clock?
Using new genetic technologies, scientists are trying to bring back extinct species. Meet researchers working to revive the passenger pigeon, once the most abundant bird in the world, and the woolly mammoth, which they say could slow down the melting of Arctic permafrost. It may be possible, but is it right to turn back the clock?
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QUEST is a local public television program presented by KQED
Funding for QUEST is provided by the National Science Foundation.
Reawakening Extinct Species
Season 7 Episode 710 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Using new genetic technologies, scientists are trying to bring back extinct species. Meet researchers working to revive the passenger pigeon, once the most abundant bird in the world, and the woolly mammoth, which they say could slow down the melting of Arctic permafrost. It may be possible, but is it right to turn back the clock?
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