Scientists See Promise in Resurrecting These Rhinos That Are Nearly Extinct

Even if the technology can bring back the northern white rhinoceros, should we do it?

Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, who died March 20 at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.

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By Steph Yin

When the last male northern white rhinoceros died in March, people mourned the beloved mammal’s step toward extinction.

With no members of the subspecies left in the wild and just two females remaining in captivity, it felt like the last bit of sand was draining through the rhino’s hourglass.

But several teams of scientists are working to flip the hourglass back over…