As the mammoth is extinct, it is legal to trade this form of ivory as opposed to that from elephant tusks, which was banned in 1989.

A new forensic test could help identify poached elephant ivory being disguised and smuggled as legal mammoth tusks.

Mammoths and elephants, both belonging to the Elephantidae family, showcase distinct adaptations to different environments. Mammoths, with their thick fur and curved tusks, thrived in Ice Age ...

Bringing back extinct animals may sound like a great idea — until you look more closely.

Now that a "de-extinction" company says it has revived the dire wolf species that was extinct for over 10,000 years, could dinosaurs and the woolly mammoth be next? What about the dodo bird ...

Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation Ecosystems are inconveniently complex, and elephants won't make good surrogates.

Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major step toward recreating traits of the extinct woolly mammoth, offering ...

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

Although the prospect of an elephant with woolly mammoth characteristics may still be a distant goal, the current work with mice is an essential early milestone.

Colossal Biosciences, a startup 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 ...