THEN do the woolly mammoth

Here's an article about how scientists / geneticists/ future thinkers plan to bring back a famous species from extinction:  the passenger pigeon.

Passenger pigeon to make a comeback

"The goal... is to bring the passenger pigeon all the way back using the genome of the band-tailed pigeon and state-of-the-art genomic technology," wrote Revive & Restore. "The genomes of the two birds will be compared in close detail, to determine which differences are most crucial. The data and analysis will begin with the process of converting viable band-tailed DNA into viable passenger pigeon DNA."

It'd be great to see then succeed.  Then they can tackle bringing back the woolly mammoth.  After that, maybe a couple of the freshwater dolphins that have gone missing.  After that... well, there's a good long list.

James Audubon got to see passengers pigeons alive in the wild and painted this picture of them.