For nearly a century, the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, has been considered lost to history—a victim of hunting, habitat destruction, and government policies that wiped out Australia’s last marsupial ...

Scientists working to bring back the woolly mammoth have created genetically engineered mice that they say have several ...

We will discover new tools, new ways that we can help species that are still alive but in danger of becoming extinct.” ...

Could the Woolly Mammoth and Tasmanian Tiger roam the Earth again? We take a look at how scientists are using genetic ...

THE scientists plotting the return of the great Woolly Mammoth have successfully used gene editing technology to create a new Woolly Mouse. The extraordinary, palm-sized creature has had its DNA ...

The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers.

This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen creatures from the ice is a bad idea. Many scientists felt that recovering the ...

Woolly mammoths had a slightly shorter version of the gene, which the researchers believe may have contributed to its adaptation to life in cold climates. However, the “woolly mice” with the ...

As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...