One of 100 openings · Restore · Conservation · checked Aug 2026

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