Researchers analyzed ancient RNA from the extinct creatures. Could this be a “steppingstone” in the quest to bring them back?

“I’m excited,” Beth Shapiro, Colossal’s chief science officer, told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview in March. She described ...

It is the elephant in the genomics room: can extinct species be resurrected? One bioscience firm insists they can, announcing its intent to use emerging technology to restore the woolly mammoth to the ...

WOOLLY mammoths are a step closer to coming back from the dead after RNA from a 39,000-year-old carcass was found. The Ice Age discovery was found in one of ten trapped woolly mammoths sampled from ...

Researchers told the tale of an ancient mammoth with its tusk, saying it had travelled far enough in its life to circle the Earth twice over. What could scientists discern about the life of a woolly ...

Colossal Biosciences blends holiday cheer and genetic breakthroughs in a cozy new video starring a woolly mouse.

The Alaskan island of St Paul was on of the final outposts of the woolly mammoth 5,600 years ago. However, as its lakes shrunk, the giant species gradually vanished from existence. The ultimate fate ...

From caterpillars disguised as the dead to narwhals that play with their food, here are the animal tales that we loved in ...

Scientists attempting to resurrect the woolly mammoth believe they are just two years away from creating a hybrid mammoth/elephant embryo. If they succeed, it will mark a turning point in plans to ...

What researchers thought were the youngest mammoth fossils in Alaska have turned out to be whale bones, 400 kilometers inland ...

When researchers learned the fossils were merely 1,900 to 2,700 years old—which would be the youngest woolly mammoth fossils ...

Visitors to National Museum Cardiff will soon be treated to a new resident within the Main Hall as a three-metre tall and five metre long woolly mammoth has been constructed and can be seen from ...