It’s not just about what was preserved, but how—the texture ... and infant mortality in the Ice Age. A baby mammoth’s discovery forces us to think differently about extinction.

The female mammoth, nicknamed 'Yana', is believed to be the best-preserved mammoth ever found ... but previous studies of Ice Age mammals have yielded insights into the specimen's diet and ...

Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

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 ...

It will take a lot more genetic science than a few tweaks to hair length to make a mammoth from its closest living relative, ...

The biotech company Colossal Biosciences has long aspired to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, which roamed the Northern ...

The process begins with ancient DNA. Colossal’s team extracted genetic material from woolly mammoth remains preserved in Arctic permafrost – a natural archive that has safeguarded genetic ...

The process begins with ancient DNA. Colossal’s team extracted genetic material from woolly mammoth remains preserved in Arctic permafrost – a natural archive that has safeguarded genetic secrets for ...

divers are searching beneath the ice for their bones. Yakutia, part of which is north of the Arctic Circle, encompasses the coldest inhabited place on earth. Some of the oldest mammoth fossils ...

After 22 months—the typical elephant gestation period—an ice age mammoth should, at least theoretically, be born into the computer-age world. But speedbumps abound. The business of rewriting ...