Researchers analyzed ancient RNA from the extinct creatures. Could this be a “steppingstone” in the quest to bring them back?

In a historic building in Deep Ellum, a colossal effort is underway to bring some of the most famously extinct animals back to life. The wild mission comes from a Dallas-based company called Colossal ...

“I’m excited,” Beth Shapiro, Colossal’s chief science officer, told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview in March. She described ...

The Texas entrepreneur working to bring back the woolly mammoth has added a new species to his revival list: the dodo. Recreating this flightless bird, a symbol of human-caused extinction, is a chance ...

A pair of fossils once thought to be the youngest woolly mammoth remains ever found in Alaska have turned out to be something ...

View post: Nike's Most Iconic Sneaker Is a Rare 25% Off During Its Massive Holiday Gifting Sale Colossal Biosciences aims to rewrite history as they work to resurrect extinct species – and their ...

Woolly mammoths are depicted in this illustration. (Illustration by Mauricio Anton/Wikimedia Commons) Rebecca Woods, University of Toronto In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing ...

"The Mammoth Commeth," blares the cover of The New York Times magazine's latest issue, complete with an image of the long-extinct furry mastodon. "Bringing extinct animals back to life is really ...

Revolutions in geology, archeology, paleontology and related disciplines were changing long-held assumptions about the origin of humankind. Narratives of the rise of “man the hunter” arose in natural ...