Extinction is still forever. But scientists at a biotech company are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts.

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based company, genetically engineered a woolly mouse, marking an achievement toward its goal of resurrecting extinct species like the woolly mammoth. The woolly mouse is a tiny mammal engineered to express multiple mammoth-like traits,

Dallas-based Colossal is one step closer to bringing back the woolly mammoth.

Scientists working to bring back the woolly mammoth have created genetically engineered mice that they say have several features of the extinct ice age giant.

The mice were created by Colossal Biosciences, which edits DNA for species conservation, and has been working to bring back the woolly mammoth since 2021.

US biotechnology company Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences has a radical proposal: it wants to resurrect the woolly mammoth from extinction. In a preprint paper published on March 4, scientists at Colossal report making a significant step towards this objective.

Scientists hoping to bring back woolly mammoths create woolly mice

Scientists Create Woolly Mice. Next up is the Mammoth That Went Extinct Around 4,000 Years Ago Animals belonging to past periods always invite fascination, like dinosaurs and woolly mammoths. A company went one step ahead in its fascination when it decided to resurrect some of these beings,