11 Extinct Animals That Could Actually Come Back

What if extinction is no longer permanent? For most of history, extinction meant the end. But now scientists are attempting something that sounds impossible: bringing extinct animals back. Using gene editing, cloning, ancient DNA, artificial reproduction, and selective breeding, projects around the world are trying to recreate animals once thought lost forever. Dire wolves. Woolly mammoths. Tasmanian tigers. Dodos. Moa. Passenger pigeons. Some projects already have living results. But are these truly the original animals… or something entirely new? This is the science of de-extinction. 00:00 — The End of Extinction? 00:35 — Dire Wolf Returns? 02:15 — Woolly Mammoth Project 04:25 — The Tasmanian Tiger 06:08 — Bringing Back The Dodo 07:36 — Giant Moa Revival 08:59 — Steller’s Sea Cow 10:13 — Passenger Pigeon 11:28 — Aurochs & Quagga 13:36 — The First Animal Brought Back 15:13 — Why Dinosaurs Are Different 15:48 — Are We Really Reversing Extinction?