An audacious collaboration between geneticists and conservationists plans to bring back the extinct dodo and reintroduce it to its once-native habitat in Mauritius.
On the other: I wonder if reintroducing a (relatively recently) extinct species would be similar to releasing an invasive species. Has the ecosystem already adapted to fill the niche that was left open or have other species thrived without the dodo around?
On the one hand: cool!
On the other: I wonder if reintroducing a (relatively recently) extinct species would be similar to releasing an invasive species. Has the ecosystem already adapted to fill the niche that was left open or have other species thrived without the dodo around?