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Jo McGrouther

Stewart Brand: The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready? | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    "Throughout humankind's history, we've driven species after species extinct: the passenger pigeon, the Eastern cougar, the dodo ... But now, says Stewart Brand, we have the technology (and the biology) to bring back species that humanity wiped out. So -- should we? Which ones? He asks a big question whose answer is closer than you may think."
Jo McGrouther

Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger | Vi... - 0 views

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    "The gastric brooding frog lays its eggs just like any other frog -- then swallows them whole to incubate. That is, it did until it went extinct 30 years ago. Paleontologist Michael Archer makes a case to bring back the gastric brooding frog and the thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger. (Filmed at TEDxDeExtinction.)"
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