The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a far more familiar creature, which most of us know as a kitchen pest. It is also one of the most studied organisms in biology and medical research. We know more ...

Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have achieved a milestone to resurrecting the woolly mammoth: laboratory mice with thick, ...

Scientists with the company Colossal have created genetically engineered "woolly mice" with thick, golden-brown hair and fat deposits similar to those of cold-adapted woolly mammoths.

“As it is, we have some cute looking hairy mice ... You are never going to ‘bring back’ a mammoth,” she added. Lab mice are commonly genetically engineered to have certain traits ...

(CNN) — It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact ... “As it is, we have some cute looking hairy mice, with no understanding of their physiology, behaviour, etc.