The company working to revive the woolly mammoth hasn't got there yet, but it has managed to create a "woolly mouse." Colossal Biosciences on Tuesday unveiled healthy mice genetically modified to ...

A prehistoric creature has just provided a stunning breakthrough, as a new research paper reveals that scientists mapped the three-dimensional architecture of a woolly mammoth's genome using ...

Scientists have created genetically engineered "woolly mice" with fur similar to the thick hair that kept woolly mammoths warm during the last ice age. The biotechnology company Colossal ...

Once a species winks out, it survives only in memory and the fossil record. When it comes to the woolly mammoth, however, that rule has now been bent. It’s been 4,000 years since the eight-ton ...

Colossal Biosciences caught our imagination – and elicited memories of "Jurassic Park" – when the Dallas-based biotech company announced back in 2021 it would use cutting-edge genetics editing ...

A woolly mammoth tooth discovered in the Old Crow River basin in northern Yukon in 2018. After analyzing mitochondrial DNA from the tooth, scientists discovered that it belonged to the oldest ...

Woolly mammoths roamed the frozen tundras of Europe, Asia and North America until they went extinct around 4,000 years ago. Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive ...