In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

The quest to resurrect the woolly mammoth has taken another step forward, with the creation of the Colossal Woolly Mouse. The lab-made rodents have been genetically altered to possess key physical ...

This week, the world met the woolly “mammouse”—a genetically engineered mouse with woolly mammoth hair. The scientists at Colossal Biosciences who created it think it’s a promising step ...

With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.

The last woolly mammoths lived on a small island for thousands of years after their tusked relatives went extinct on the mainland. The shaggy beasts had found their way to Wrangel Island, a 93 ...

Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics of an extinct animal that was far larger — the woolly mammoth. This "woolly mouse" marks an important step toward ...

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 have sequenced a nearly complete woolly mammoth genome, which should bolster efforts to resurrect the Stone Age zoological rock star. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011 ...

52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin after it was excavated from permafrost. The Cell study shows that fossils of ancient chromosomes survive in the skin.

Eek, It’s a Woolly Mouse! The First Step in Reviving a Prehistoric Mammoth Starts with Adorable Rodent (Exclusive) Although scientists say the woolly mouse project won’t go on indefinitely ...

The world’s last woolly mammoths lived on what is now Wrangel Island off of mainland Siberia. Despite the small population, a new study says inbreeding did not doom them to extinction.