After an intense study of the mammoth's genetic code, scientists have engineered 'woolly' mice with altered fur thickness, color, and texture to recreate the extinct elephant's adaptations to the cold ...

Colossal Biosciences announced on April 7, 2025, that it had achieved what it calls the world’s first de-extinction through ...

Colossal Biosciences announced on November 4, 2025, that it has acquired Viagen, the company responsible for more commercial ...

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 have ...

Amy Scott, host of the podcast "How We Survive," reports on a company that's working on de-extinction innovation to try and ...

The George Church–cofounded de-extinction company, Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences has announced that it has successfully engineered woolly mammoth hair traits into mice. The Colossal woolly ...

The little rodents' genes were edited to exhibit traits associated with a woolly mammoth genome—including fluffy, dirty-blonde fur. Reading time 5 minutes The self-professed de-extinction company ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them—has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal ...

Just like humans, mammoths had a robust community of microorganisms living on their skin and inside their bodies. Now, for the first time, scientists have identified some of the individual species ...

Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago in what is now Siberia. These biological remnants are providing insight into the last ...