by webmaster | Apr 3, 2017 | News
Seated on a stage with a museum model of a dodo and a pair of mammoth tusks, a panel of experts debated what is exciting and what is frightening about scientific efforts to bring back extinct species — particularly those lost because of human activity. The occasion...
by webmaster | Oct 16, 2016 | News
Beth Shapiro talks with RadioLive in New Zealand about de-extinction. Listen to the interview
by webmaster | Oct 10, 2016 | News
By Heather Goldstone & Elsa Partan Many scientists think we are in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, and it’s our fault. The idea of bringing back extinct animals has gotten more attention in recent years as labs around the world get better at sequencing their...
by webmaster | Apr 13, 2015 | News
By Tim Stephens, UC Santa Cruz Public Information Office Tired of answering questions about cloning mammoths, Beth Shapiro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, wrote a book called How to Clone a Mammoth. (Spoiler Alert: You can’t...
by webmaster | Apr 22, 2014 | News
By Guy Lasnier, UCSC Public Information Office The notion of de-extinction, using genetic engineering to bring back species that have become extinct, is attracting wide attention with recent articles in the New York Times and National Geographic and an episode of the...