The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Nova Safo: So you’re not exactly bringing back the woolly mammoth. You’re creating a new hybrid. Is that right? Ben Lamm ...

An upper incisor belonging to a woolly mammoth has been discovered in a ravine in the commune of Săpoca, Buzău County, in southern Romania. The incisor has entered the national cultural ...

Local students assist in the dig for woolly mammoth bones at a farmstead in Burke County in May 2024. Bones of a 13,500-year-old woolly mammoth were uncovered during a dig 36 years after they were ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Colossal Biosciences, which is known for its plans to revive extinct animals, says that ...

These majestic Ice Age creatures once roamed vast tundras, but as their habitats disappeared, Wrangel Island became their final sanctuary. Woolly mammoth. Image by Pixel Chaos via Depositphotos.

But Ben Lamm, CEO and founder of Colossal Biosciences, has said he's 'positive' the first woolly mammoth calves will be born in the next few years. 'Our recent successes in creating the ...

Could we walk among the woolly mammoth once again? Scientists are working on just that, and it could happen quite soon. Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company who wants to make seeing the Tasmanian ...

But Ben Lamm, CEO and founder of Colossal Biosciences, has said he's 'positive' the first woolly mammoth calves will be born in the next few years. 'Our recent successes in creating the ...

Instead of dinosaurs, Colossal has set its sights on more recently lost species including the dodo, the thylacine — also known as the Tasmanian tiger– and the woolly mammoth. The last ...

Their approach isn’t about cloning but rewriting DNA to create a mammoth hybrid—a mix of the modern Asian elephant and woolly mammoth traits. Think of it as bringing back the mammoth’s ...