Episode 3 - De-Extinction with Dr. Andrew Pask

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Conservation For Kids

A conservation podcast for kids and families

6 episodes

7 months ago

What is climate change? What causes global warming? And what can kids and families do about it? In our fifth episode, our host, Samuel Morris talks with Dr. Dorothy Boorse about climate change. Samuel also introduces our next mystery animal sound. Learn more about Project Drawdown: https://drawdown.org/ Theme music is Cheerful by Muza. Used with permission.

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Episode 3 - De-Extinction with Dr. Andrew Pask

Conservation For Kids

19 minutes 37 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 3 - De-Extinction with Dr. Andrew Pask

Is de-extinction a real thing? Could science bring back an apex predator marsupial? How could environments change if an apex predator returned to Tasmania? In our third episode, our host, Samuel Morris talks with Dr. Andrew Pask from the University of Melbourne about de-extinction and introduces our next mystery animal sound. Learn more about Dr. Pask's work: https://tigrrlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.npr.org/2022/08/20/1118436090/tasmanian-tiger-australia-genetic-editing More about the northern quoll and cane toads: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05757-y https://www.smh.com.au/national/melbourne-scientists-are-trying-to-edit-quoll-dna-to-make-them-cane-toad-proof-20200115-p53rqt.html Theme music is Cheerful by Muza. Used with permission.