The woolly mammoth may surprisingly have regularly interbred with a completely different and much larger elephant species, researchers now find. Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) roamed the ...

Woolly mammoths - which have been extinct for thousands of years - could soon be brought back to life, with scientists setting their sights on 'de-extincting' the ancient elephant species ...

Woolly mammoths were extinct, shaggy beasts that were relatives of today's Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). They lived across North America and Eurasia for about 700,000 years and went extinct ...

The woolly mammoth is not the only extinct animal Colossal intends to revive. Another is the thylacine (also known as the "Tasmanian wolf" or "Tasmanian tiger") a carnivorous marsupial that became ...

It’s one small step for mice, one giant leap for mammoth-kind. Scientists endeavoring to “de-extinct” woolly mammoths through genetic modification have taken a meaningful step toward ...

The woolly mammoth’s DNA is a 99.6% match of the Asian elephant, which leads Colossal to believe it’s well on its way toward achieving its goal. “In the minds of many, this creature is gone ...

Using powerful new techniques for analyzing DNA, researchers have sequenced not just the genes of modern elephants but of their extinct ancestors and relatives as well: mastodons, woolly mammoths ...

(CNN) — A bold plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the tusked ice age giant that disappeared 4,000 years ago, is making some progress, according to the scientists involved.

This week, meet orphan elephants that could lead to hybrid mammoths, discover a planet with a possible sibling, encounter an ancient type of mortal combat, and more. CNN values your feedback 1.