Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

A biotechnology company whose goal is to bring back the wooly mammoth says its recent small step is big news. Colossal ...

Exclusive: Colossal CEO Ben Lamm considers the similarities between their efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth with Michael Crichton’s worst fears in Jurassic Park.

When the series "Time Bandits" needed a woolly mammoth they turned to the animatronic creators at Weta Workshop. The result ...

In the realm of scientific innovation, few endeavours capture the imagination quite like the quest to bring extinct species back to life. Among ...

While prowling for deer at a private West Texas ranch in late December, a hunter encountered something incredibly rare: the ancient remains of an extinct Ice Age elephant. Will Juett, the manager of ...

Scientists engineered woolly mice to study mammoth traits, raising ethical and ecological concerns about de-extinction.

It would be more likely to generate a mammoth-like Asian elephant than something exactly like the ice age creature. Finally, it is worth considering the end goal of this branch of research. Mammoths ...

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Biotech company Colossal Biosciences have edited the genes of seven mice in their plan to ‘revive’ extinct animals ...

Tiny lab mice just got a mammoth-sized upgrade — genetic tweaks have given them thick, woolly fur, bringing science one step closer to reviving traits of extinct species.