Fifteen million years ago, now-extinct species of dolphins, whales and large sea cows roamed the world’s oceans, topping the underwater food chain. Yet back then, any one of these creatures ...

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Woolly mammoths roamed the frozen tundras of Europe, Asia and North America until they went extinct around 4,000 years ago. Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to ...

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

Eventually, it hopes to bring back other extinct species such as the dodo and the Tasmanian tiger, in order to restore lost biodiversity. The prospect of reintroducing animal species has drawn ...

Woolly mammoths roamed the frozen tundras of Europe, Asia and North America until they went extinct around 4,000 years ago. Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to ...

More specific carbon-dating techniques for Paleolithic bones could help researchers develop an updated timeline of how Neanderthals, who experts believe went extinct roughly 40,000 years ago ...

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non ...

Scientists Genetically Engineer Mice With Thick Hair Like the Extinct Woolly Mammoth WASHINGTON (AP) — Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are ...

the startup said Tuesday — claiming a breakthrough in its mission to revive the long-extinct mammoth. The company said it’s on track to produce a woolly mammoth calf born to a surrogate ...