With its long, fluffy coat and golden hue, you might be forgiven for thinking this was some kind of exotic hamster from the Siberian wastelands. In fact, this is the world’s first “woolly mouse”, a ...

In the early 1990s, Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg brought the concept of de-extinction to the masses with Jurassic Park. Today, the franchise lives on with this summer's Jurassic World Rebirth ...

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 toward their ...

Although scientists say the woolly mouse project won’t go on indefinitely, don’t worry – there’s already people from the team waiting to adopt them Susan Young is a reporter for PEOPLE. She started ...

A woolly mouse compared with a normal mouse, at Colossal Biosciences labs. Editor at Large Extinction is typically for good. Once a species winks out, it survives only in memory and the fossil record.

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 achieving ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. One of the more unheralded scientific advancements of the past ...