Can a new DNA test un-extinct the world’s rarest turtle?

Mongabay
Feb 19, 2025, 10:06 am109 pts
It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species. However, nothing could be truer for the critically endangered Yangtze softshell turtle, a species for which no known female individuals are left on the planet. With the species functionally extinct, scientists and…

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