Native to Tasmania and mainland Australia, the Tasmanian Tiger was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of the 20th century, a nocturnal hunter of small mammals and birds,
Tasmanian Tiger:
Herbivorous mammals from the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, extinct around 10,000 years ago, with preserved DNA and close relatives like Asian elephants, raising ethical concerns
Woolly Mammoth:
Known as the wild pigeon, the passenger pigeon had a blue-grey body with red-orange and brown shades, with an estimated population above 4 billion in the early and mid-1800s, facing challenges in finding
Passenger Pigeon:
A flightless bird native to Mauritius, considered completely extinct, with scientists attempting to revive the species by editing the DNA of its closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon.
Dodo Bird:
New Zealand's giant flightless bird with distinctive booming calls, possessing well-preserved DNA, with Harvard University scientists assembling an almost complete genome of the little bush moa
Moa:
Wild ancestor of modern cattle, extinct since 1627, with scientists back-breeding specimens from modern cattle to reintroduce Aurochs as part of a plan to restore 1 million hectares of European lands.
Aurochs:
A flightless marine bird once abundant across the North Atlantic, now extinct, with Revive & Restore aiming to resurrect the species using genetic information from fossils and preserved organs for reintroduction
Great Auk:
A zebra subspecies native to South Africa, with a unique coat pattern, and the Quagga Project aiming to recreate the phenotype by selectively breeding the closest subspecies, Burchell’s zebra.
Quagga: