A biotechnology company whose goal is to bring back the wooly mammoth says its recent small step is big news. Colossal Biosciences of Texas has said it aims to restore extinct species to the planet.

The mice were created by Colossal Biosciences, which edits DNA for species conservation, and has been working to bring back the woolly mammoth since 2021.

Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

It will take a lot more genetic science than a few tweaks to hair length to make a mammoth from its closest living relative, ...

Instead of trying to clone a dead mammoth, Colossal is trying to transform an modern elephant into a mammoth. The process begins with ancient DNA. Colossal’s team extracted genetic material from ...

The biotech company Colossal Biosciences has long aspired to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, which roamed the Northern ...

This discovery therefore gives researchers important insight into the hunting culture of humans during the last ice age. Researchers at the ÖAW will study the mammoth bones and tusks, as well as ...

After 22 months—the typical elephant gestation period—an ice age mammoth should, at least theoretically, be born into the ...

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.