7 Extinct Animals Scientists Are Actively Bringing Back — And How Close Each One Actually Is

Subscribe to the channel for more interesting content!    / @deeptimeearthyt   In April 2025, three dire wolf pups were born — animals extinct for ten thousand years. They were the first. They won't be the last. Right now, seven extinct animals are being actively brought back by science. This video breaks down exactly where each project stands and how close we actually are: the dire wolf pups already living on a protected preserve; the woolly mammoth, with embryos targeted for late 2026 and a live calf for 2028; the Tasmanian tiger, whose genome is 99.9% reconstructed and whose stem cells were successfully created in 2025; the dodo, with a Nicobar pigeon breeding colony already laying eggs in Texas; the giant moa, twelve feet tall and extinct for 600 years, now backed by Peter Jackson with an artificial egg breakthrough announced in May 2026; the bluebuck, the only large African mammal to go extinct in recorded history, revealed as a secret Colossal project just weeks ago; and the northern white rhinoceros, with only two individuals left alive and thirty frozen embryos waiting in a laboratory right now. No speculation. No fake footage. Just the actual science, the real timelines, and what each milestone actually means. 🦣 Subscribe to Deep Time Earth for more on the ancient creatures, lost species, and hidden worlds science is only beginning to uncover. #DeExtinction #WoollyMammoth #TasmanianTiger #DireWolf #Dodo #ColossalBiosciences #DeepTimeEarth #ExtinctAnimals #GiantMoa #NorthernWhiteRhino