Their objective is well-defined and clear: to bring back the Woolly mammoth that comedian Trevor Noah wants to adopt and ...

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction.

The team has been collecting woolly mammoth remains from Wrangel Island and Siberia. They've extracted each animal's complete DNA set and analyzed 21 of those genomes. What they've found is that the ...

In a big scientific leap, researchers have successfully sequenced RNA from an extinct Tasmanian tiger specimen that is over a ...

SCIENTISTS have long pondered the concept of de-extinction, or reviving long-gone species that are hundreds of thousands of years old. Now they say we’re closer than ever to bringing the ...

LONG-GONE species like the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, and dodo bird could return from the dead as part of a “de-extinction” campaign. The term “extinct” brings to ...

The rare discovery will help scientists find out more about the prehistoric animal’s development, diet and living conditions ...

The resurgence of extinct species like the woolly mammoth is becoming a reality, but it brings significant ethical and ...

South Dakota's Mammoth Site is a museum where visitors can watch paleontologists uncover ancient mammoth fossils in real-time ...

Discover why bringing dinosaurs back to life is improbable. Get insights from a scientist about the challenges of dinosaur de ...

Scientists had collected DNA from Celia's ear before her death ... also known as the thylacine) and the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The ultimate goal for these de-extinction efforts ...

Scientists had collected DNA from Celia's ear before her death and injected her ... also known as the thylacine) and the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The ultimate goal for these ...