Among the most egregious and discouraging problems of conservation is the rapidly
escalating human‐caused species extinction rate.“De‐extinction” refers to the application of …

We are living in what is widely considered the sixth major extinction. Most ecologists believe
that biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate, with up to 150 species going extinct per …

Authors sometimes treat the promise of de-extinction as a forgone conclusion. But if we take
Kasperbauer's approach and assess the moral acceptability of de-extinction by weighting …

Extinction deeply colors the way we think about conservation and the role of humans in
nature. It is easy to overlook how recently, in fact, it has entered our consciousness. Only in …

Greystone, 2017). 12.“The Mammoth Cometh,” New York Times Magazine, February 27,
2014, http://www. nytimes. com/2014/03/02/magazine/the-mammoth-cometh. html; and the …

We are living in the time of the Sixth Mass Extinction. While many details elude us, we know
that a mass extinction is underway from comparisons between background and current …

Abstract" De-extinction" projects propose to re-create or" resurrect" extinct species. Perhaps
the most common justification offered for these projects is that humans have an obligation to …

The concept of extinction is at the heart of the modern conservation movement, and massive
resources have been spent on developing models and frameworks for quantifying and …

The Anthropocene has emerged as a staging ground for a variety of interdisciplinary
debates and discussions about the past, present, and future of life on Earth. Among these …

A number of influential biologists are currently pursuing efforts to restore previously extinct
species. But for decades, philosophers of biology have regarded “de-extinction” as …