They genetically modified the DNA of mice to give them mammoth-like traits in their hair shape, color and length. By testing out their methods in a familiar laboratory animal, the researchers can make ...

Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing ...

Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

Biotech company Colossal Biosciences unveiled plans in 2021 to revive the woolly mammoth - and later the dodo bird.

“You might be able to alter the hair pattern of an Asian elephant or adapt it to the cold, but it’s not bringing back a woolly mammoth. It’s changing an Asian elephant,” said University ...