Mad Scientists

In another round of what if cross this animal with that animal game; catfish genes  with alligators genes.

Catfish injected with alligator genes found to be more disease resistant than wild catfish | Boing Boing

I like the part where they say they're 'still working out the kinks.'

Then there's the Dodo. Some scientists want to bring back the dodo. Because, they can. They think. 

“We’re clearly in the middle of an extinction crisis. And it’s our responsibility to bring stories and to bring excitement to people in way that motivates them to think about the extinction crisis that’s going on right now,” said Beth Shapiro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. (CNN)

 

A bit more on bringing back extinct animals on  Discover.