Gene editing technology can help de-extinct some animals — but should it?
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🗓️ 3 July 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Many scientists believe we’re in the midst of a sixth mass extinction brought on by factors like climate change, deforestation, fishing and hunting. The Texas-based company Colossal Biosciences claims its technology could help prevent some of those losses, and even bring back long-extinct species. For the new season of the Marketplace climate podcast, “How We Survive,” host Amy Scott got a virtual tour of their labs.
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| 1:01.2 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Bringing back species from extinction, one woolly coat at a time. |
| 1:14.2 | From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty Carrino. Many scientists believe we're in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, brought on by factors |
| 1:31.3 | like climate change, deforestation, fishing, and hunting. The Texas-based company, |
| 1:37.2 | colossal biosciences, claims its technology could help prevent some of those losses, and even bring back long-extinct species. |
| 1:47.1 | For the new season of the Marketplace Climate Podcast, How We Survive, host Amy Scott got a virtual tour of their labs. |
| 1:55.7 | Oh, my God, they're so cute. Do they have names? |
| 1:59.9 | Chip and Dale. |
| 2:03.0 | Inside a small glass cage, two mice are running around. |
| 2:07.2 | They've got a little wooden house to play in, a water bottle, pretty much your typical mouse habitat. |
| 2:13.5 | But these are not typical mice. |
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