First to revive an extinct species via cloning and reintroduce it into the wild
The finish line
A species formally classified Extinct is recreated from preserved cells by cloning, released into its native range, and produces three wild-born generations without captive breeding or population supplementation.
Why it is still open
The only extinct animal cloned to birth, the Pyrenean ibex, died within minutes; no cloned extinct species has established a wild population.
Nature Plants · de-extinction record ↗