Come for the anime commentary, stay for the conservation. Sources: On cloning technology: https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)30057-6 https://cds.cern.ch/record/454177/files/p443.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK223960/ On conservation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004108 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1311025 https://www.fws.gov/story/2025-04/giving-lake-sturgeon-strong-start On dire wolves: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724630903413016 https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/bio_fac/47/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Branden-Neufeld/publication/328549011_The_Dire_Consequences_of_Specializing_on_Large_Herbivores/links/5fd3860845851553a0ab5a47/The-Dire-Consequences-of-Specializing-on-Large-Herbivores.pdf On Colossal and the reaction to them: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/14/the-dire-wolf-is-back https://colossal.com/direwolf/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/10/trump-endangered-species-protections-dire-wolves/ I want to clarify in case it wasn't clear, I am in no ways leading the charge in any of the conservation efforts on which I work. I am one of many in a large team that is doing their best to help out endangered species, and the majority of my work is dealing with educating the public, and especially younger generations.