In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

A high-tech company is confident that extinct beasts as far back as the ice age — like the woolly mammoth — can be resurrected by 2028, all thanks to a bankroll by Hollywood A-listers like ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

In a "first step" toward resurrecting the mammoth, researchers from Russia and South Korea are working to bring back another extinct animal, the Lena horse, using cells from a 40,000-year-old foal ...

Woolly mammoths are extinct. Here’s why they may be considered ‘endangered.’ A global summit on the wildlife trade will consider the proposal, which could further restrict the ivory trade.

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.

With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.

Hoping to bring the giant, ancient animal back from extinction, scientists have created a far smaller woolly creature. Woolly mice have some of the key traits of mammoths, including their thick ...

With extinct animals, like the mammoth and the thylacine, there are lost genetics that need accounting for. And SCNT doesn’t really work in birds, due to the whole egg-laying situation, ...

Mammoths and mastodons, roamed Wisconsin between about 20,000 to 12,000 years ago. Both species are ancient relatives of the modern-day elephant and likely interacted with humans. So, what ...

For both the mammoth and dodo, the animals’ extinctions came about in large part due to human intervention, James said. Now, James believes Colossal has the technology to make them “deextinct.” ...

A cell-based meat company resurrected the extinct woolly mammoth – in the form of a lab-grown meatball. The woolly mammoth was chosen by Vow because the extinct mammal is a symbol of loss and ...