Scientists are closer than ever to reviving the woolly mammoth—through an elephant-mammoth hybrid—and this isn’t just about scientific curiosity. These Ice Age icons could help preserve permafrost and ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A group of scientists said that they're now closer than ever to reviving the wooly mammoth. Colossal Biosciences, the company working on project, said in 2023 that they hope to ...

Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major step toward recreating traits of the extinct woolly mammoth, offering new ...

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Woolly mammoths went extinct around 4,000 years ago, but scientists claim America will soon see the prehistoric animal in 2028. Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotechnology and genetic ...

Harvard Medical School professor George M. Church didn’t think that by the end of his breakfast in Harvard Square, he would have $100,000 to bring back the wooly mammoth. In 2011, Church was meeting ...

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Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban—by passing off illegal elephant ivory as legal mammoth ivory. Since the two types look deceptively similar, law ...

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