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Don’t believe all the hype about de-extinction.

Scientists have had to contend with a spate of misinformation this year about efforts to purportedly resurrect long-lost species like the woolly mammoth.

It’s far more impactful to help endangered species now — especially as the US rolls back protections and climate change makes the world a more inhospitable place for already threatened creatures.

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing?

[The Guardian]

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