Melbourne, Aug 17: Researchers in Australia and the US are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction, the media reported. The last known one, officially called a thylacine, died in the 1930s. The team behind the bid say it can be recreated using stem cells and gene-editing technology, and the first thylacine could be reintroduced to the wild in 10 years’ time, the BBC report said. Other experts are sceptical and suggest de-extinction […]
Around the world, scientists are edging closer to resurrecting long-dead species in the hope it will stabilise ecosystems, and private investors are getting in on the action.