Demand from museums and collectors dealt a final, deadly blow in 1844, when the last unfortunate breeding pair fled in vain from hunters, who also crushed their single egg. The great auk has now ...

One of six extinct Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) eggs in the museum collection. This 17th century specimen is the famous egg thought to have once been owned by the great 18th century Italian ...

You'd never get 100% great auk… but it's hardly worth it. Even if you manage to create one or two great auks, and they lay down a single egg, imagining that they would be able to dive back into ...