Understandably, this has generated a lot of “Jurassic Park”-like excitement, and the press coverage has been intense. One ...

Colossal Biosciences caught our imagination – and elicited memories of "Jurassic Park" – when the Dallas-based biotech company announced back in 2021 it would use cutting-edge genetics editing ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

Revive the woolly mammoth1? It is an utterly mad idea. The furry pachyderm with the twisty tusks that went extinct 4,000 ...

It's unclear exactly why woolly mammoths ceased to exist ... with scientists adding targeted mammoth genes into elephant DNA. Mr Lamm told Mail Online: "I like to think of what we're doing like ...

"Colossal’s landmark de-extinction project will be the resurrection of the woolly mammoth - or more specifically a cold-resistant elephant with ... dinosaur DNA would have to be obtained.

The company plans to rewrite 85 genes from modern Asian elephant DNA in order to match ancient woolly mammoth DNA — the same process it used for the dire wolves. So far, Time Magazine reported ...

Colossal's researchers have already sequenced much of the woolly mammoth genome and are working with Asian elephant DNA to recreate cold-tolerant traits. In a CNBC interview, geneticist George ...

The study tracks mammoth evolution over a million years using mitogenomes, showing shifts in diversity and lineage tied to ...

The company hopes to have its first mammoth calf born in 2028. Like the dire wolves, the potential woolly mammoths will use DNA from its closest living relative, the Asian elephant, which will ...

Woolly mammoths roamed Europe ... According to Mr Lamm, the elephant-mammoth hybrid DNA can be used to make 'pluripotent stem cells,' which can become any sort of tissue.