The Columbian mammoth was an herbivore, so the tusks were often used to dig up plant roots or strip bark off trees. Of course, males used the tusks as weapons, especially in the fight over females.

Colossal Biosciences plans to revive the woolly mammoth using gene editing. But is de-extinction a breakthrough or a costly spectacle?

As the quest towards de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth progresses, scientists have successfully created woolly mice using gene-editing technology. It’s one of the topics we tackle in ...

Better to safeguard our existing animals and the Earth than resurrect extinct species or flee to another planet.

Colossal Biosciences just engineered woolly-haired mice in a step toward reviving extinct animals like the woolly mammoth—here's what it means.

In its quest to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, a Texas bioengineering company has taken its first steps to genetically engineer the prehistoric creature by creating what it described as ...

Colossal Biosciences, a US start-up trying to bring the prehistoric mammoth back from extinction, said it has achieved a first step: the woolly mouse. Using DNA and genomics technologies ...

Scientists have created genetically modified mice with woolly fur, marking a step toward reviving the woolly mammoth.

Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to revive the woolly mammoth and later the dodo bird. Since then, the company has focused on identifying key traits of extinct ...

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 ...

Twenty years later and the bioengineering company Colossal Biosciences has set its sights on resurrecting the legendary woolly mammoth. But before that, they’ve delivered the most adorable ...

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 ...