Plot hatched to reintroduce extinct great auk to British shores The great auk could return to British shores for the first time in almost 200 years after geneticists hatched a plan to bring the extinct bird back from the dead. An international team of scientists has met to discuss reintroducing the flightless marine birds onto the Farne islands off the north-east coast of England. Read the whole story: Plot hatched to reintroduce extinct great auk to British shores
