Long before global warming was the biggest environmental issue, the planet was in the opposite kind of funk — an ice age lasting around 2.6 million years. During this time, starting about 700,000 ...

Few extinct animals other than the dinosaurs have attracted more attention than the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Between 700,000 and 4,000 years ago, at the peak of the last ice age, these ...

Scientists at the Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences have taken a big step towards their goal of bringing back the woolly mammoth by creating what they've dubbed Colossal Woolly Mouse "I'm excited," ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The George Church–cofounded de-extinction company, Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences has announced that it has successfully engineered woolly mammoth hair traits into mice. The Colossal woolly ...

Scientists looking to bring the extinct woolly mammoth back to life have made adorable progress—using gene editing to create a "woolly mouse." The team at genetics and biotech firm Colossal ...

A woolly mouse, a breed created by scientists using genetic engineering. The development is a first step toward reviving a version of the extinct woolly mammoth. Scientists have genetically engineered ...